Contemporary Witnesses, Everyday Life, West

Migrant workers in West Berlin

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Due to the shortage of skilled labour in West Berlin, workers are recruited from other countries in the 1960s. Many of Berlin's new residents come from Turkey.

Hairdresser Suleyman Ilkan works in a salon at Zoo Station and learns German on the job, allowing him to act as an interpreter for his fellow countrymen when they arrive at Zoo Station.

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  • Berlin-West, Bahnhof Zoo
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