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The economic integration of expellees and their effects on the West Germany economy, 1945-70
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http://doi.org/10.3886/E118361V2
Sebastian Till Braun
Richard Franke
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
BR 4979/1-1
Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Braun, Sebastian Till, and Franke, Richard. The economic integration of expellees and their effects on the West Germany economy, 1945-70. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-06-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E118361V2
The displacement of Germans from Eastern Europe during and after World War
II is one of the largest forced population movements in history. At least 12
million Germans fled or were expelled, most of them from the eastern
territories of pre-war Germany. The enormous inflow of expellees (Heimatvertriebene)
caused a drastic increase in the population of West Germany. By September 1950,
every sixth West German resident was an expellee. As part of the project “Die
volkswirtschaftlichen Effekte der Vertriebenen und ihre Integration in
Westdeutschland, 1945-70”, we have collected detailed county-level data on
the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of expellees (Heimatvertriebene)
and non-expellees in West Germany after World War II. The corner stone of
the database is the occupation and population census of 1950. Other data
sources include the census of 1939, 1946 and 1961. Sources are listed in each
spreadsheet. By downloading the data, you assume full responsibility for their
use. Please get in touch if you think that you have discovered a digitization
error.