History A-Level
Mass emigration
What Mass emigration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Mass emigration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The departure of thousands of GDR citizens via Hungary and West German embassies, which drained the state of workers and exposed its loss of legitimacy.
Topics that use Mass emigration
- Growing crises and the collapse of communist rule in the GDR (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Consumer dissatisfaction and quality of goods
- Dependence on West Germany and intra-German relations
- Economic decline and debt in the planned economy
- Honecker's dismissal
- Opening of the Berlin Wall
- Pressure for reform from below
- Protestant opposition and civil society
- Soviet reform and its reception in the GDR
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