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Ethnic German and Jewish immigrants from post-Soviet countries in Germany
Author(s): Dietz, Barbara; Roll, Heike
Editor(s): Isurin, Ludmilla; Riehl, Claudia Maria
Date: 2017
Topics: Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Russian-Speaking Jews, Integration, Immigration, Age and Generational Issues
Abstract: Since the early fifties of the last century Germany admitted ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) and at a later point in time Jewish refugees (jüdische Kontingentflüchtlinge) from the Soviet Union and its successor states. While identity formation of ethnic German and Jewish immigrants is based on shared history and cultural characteristics, education and social experiences in post-Soviet states are of high relevance as well. Furthermore, legal and administrative classifications in Germany define the boundaries of belonging to these immigrant groups. Although ethnic Germans and Jewish immigrants differ significantly with respect to their social background and education, both groups experience obstacles concerning their economic and social integration in Germany. However, a considerable part of second generation ethnic German and Jewish immigrants seem to cope quite well with the German educational system and increasingly take advantage of career opportunities.
Post-Soviet Youth in Germany: Group Formation, Values and Attitudes of a New Immigrant Generation
Author(s): Dietz, Barbara
Editor(s): Horowitz, Tamar; Kotik-Friedgut, Bella; Hoffman, Stefani
Date: 2003
Topics: Russian-Speaking Jews, Youth, Values, Social Attitudes, Russian Emigration, Main Topic: Identity and Community
Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany: History, politics and social integration
Author(s): Dietz, Barbara
Date: 2003
Topics: Immigration, Russian-Speaking Jews, Integration, Russian Emigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Part of special issue 'Post‐Soviet Jewish immigration to Germany'
German and Jewish migration from the former Soviet Union to Germany: Background, trends and implications
Author(s): Dietz, Barbara
Date: 2000
Topics: Immigration, Russian Emigration, Integration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: With the break-up of the Soviet Union, emigration from its successor states has increased considerably since the beginning of the 1990s. The most important receiving country of this outmigration has been Germany, which admitted approximately 1.63 million ethnic Germans and 120,000 Jews from the former Soviet Union between 1990 and 1999. In this article I explore the background and the implications of this recent emigration movement of Germans and Jews from the former Soviet Union to Germany. First, the migration movement of ethnic Germans and Jews will be described in the light of the German admission policy. Second, the social and cultural background and the emigration motivation of German and Jewish migrants will be examined. Finally, the integration of these recent immigrant groups from the former Soviet Union into Germany will be explored, with reference to the concept of segmented assimilation.
The Jewish Emigration from the Former Soviet Union to Germany
Author(s): Dietz, Barbara; Lebok, Uwe; Polian, Pavel
Date: 2002
Topics: Demography, Immigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Russian Emigration, Russian-Speaking Jews
Abstract: Since the end of the 1980s a massive emigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union (FSU) can be observed. Israel and the United States were the most important receiving countries, followed by Germany, a comparatively new immigration destination for Jews from the successor states of the USSR. One of the reasons the German Government allowed the admission of Jews from post-Soviet states was the Jewish community’s claim that this immigration might rejuvenate the German Jewish population in the longer run. Using an index of demographic aging (Billeter’s J), the following article examines if this has actually happened. Findings suggest that immigration actually initiated a process of rejuvenation in the Jewish population in Germany. However, it was reversed during the end of the 1990s because of an unaffected low fertility.