This went much further: The GDR imported workers from Vietnam and even now there are sizeable Vietnamese communities e.g. in Leipzig. I interviewed a few old

This went much further: The GDR imported workers from Vietnam and even now there are sizeable Vietnamese communities e.g. in Leipzig. I interviewed a few old men who fought in the Vietnam war as child soldier, for a school project I did as a kid. Turned out: GDR did not treat this people well e.g. heavily encouraging abortion in case of a pregnancy, which was traumatic for the women. https://www.projekte.hu-berlin.de/de/migrationddr/migration-in-die-ddr-und-brd/projekte/vietnam/altes/abtreibung https://www.projekte.hu-berlin.de/de/migrationddr/migration-...