Soviet Union deports Germans to Soviet controlled Korea instead of Siberia Post-war

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Kim Ill sung would turn on them, when he left conventional Marxism behind in 56. The pure race needs minders not allies.

I guess the Soviets would have the last word here - ethnic Germans would-be highly useful in cutting deals with West Germany (see the release of the last German POW from the SU in 1955/56). And several million would be very useful here. I guess ATL Ostpolitik would include the return of many Koreadeutsche in the 1970s and 80s.
 
The West would be upset, but at the end of the day they wouldn’t do anything, just look at how NATO handled the Rwandan Genocide, they said it was bad than did nothing, that’s what they would do to with the Korean-German Crisis.
The thing is, West Germany joined NATO in 1955. They can't do nothing on this.
 
I think North Korea wouldn't have racial purity as a part of there ideology. They would probably except the Germans, because the Germans were highly skilled laborers, this wouldn’t really affect the Korean War much, but would make the rebuilding process much easier, and would lead to a more industrialized and stronger North Korea.
 
I think North Korea wouldn't have racial purity as a part of there ideology. They would probably except the Germans, because the Germans were highly skilled laborers, this wouldn’t really affect the Korean War much, but would make the rebuilding process much easier, and would lead to a more industrialized and stronger North Korea.
Read Br Meyer's the cleanest race. The North Koreans have adopted old Japanese ideas about purity, under a phony marxist cover..
 
I don't think that this really fits with Stalin's personal views on nationality. From what I gather Stalin was not really into messing with the integrity of ethnic groups that much, apart from moving them around and killing some of them for punitive purposes (the Ukraine being the biggest example). I imagine he would have thought that dumping the Germans in North Korea would cause unwanted social contradictions and interfere with the local progress of revolution or something.
 
My guess is the Germans would be treated as undesirables and potentially a fifth column. They'd probably be herded into ghettos which would be similar to the kwalliso camps. Treatment would likely be somewhat better than is typical in the kwalliso system, although Germans who step out of line would no doubt wind up in camps like the kwalliso (which would likely be German-only). Some "model Germans" might be housed in Pyongyang to show how great and multicultural Pyongyang is, and maybe even described to people as "immigrants from decadent West Germany". I could imagine a trip to a Pyongyang biergarten would be common during trips to North Korea. Trabants or other East German cars might be sold in DPRK, or even assembled domestically.

Although many would return to Russia or Germany as the Cold War came to an end, and most of the rest would leave during the famines in the 90s (Germany would aggressively demand their return on humanitarian grounds), there would probably be a sizable community remaining in North Korea to this day.
 
I think North Korea wouldn't have racial purity as a part of there ideology. They would probably except the Germans, because the Germans were highly skilled laborers, this wouldn’t really affect the Korean War much, but would make the rebuilding process much easier, and would lead to a more industrialized and stronger North Korea.
Were not the Korean workers skilled too? What does being "highly skilled" mean or define?
 
Were not the Korean workers skilled too? What does being "highly skilled" mean or define?
at the very least there would be German officers who could be useful for the army should they trust them, I'm sure Germany was a more industrialized country as well(although korea was partly industrialized by Japan) but the Korean war will devastate much of the country, which will need rebuilding.
 
My guess is the Germans would be treated as undesirables and potentially a fifth column. They'd probably be herded into ghettos which would be similar to the kwalliso camps. Treatment would likely be somewhat better than is typical in the kwalliso system, although Germans who step out of line would no doubt wind up in camps like the kwalliso (which would likely be German-only). Some "model Germans" might be housed in Pyongyang to show how great and multicultural Pyongyang is, and maybe even described to people as "immigrants from decadent West Germany". I could imagine a trip to a Pyongyang biergarten would be common during trips to North Korea. Trabants or other East German cars might be sold in DPRK, or even assembled domestically.

Although many would return to Russia or Germany as the Cold War came to an end, and most of the rest would leave during the famines in the 90s (Germany would aggressively demand their return on humanitarian grounds), there would probably be a sizable community remaining in North Korea to this day.
Would not the Germans of Korea be a bit anti-russian due to Soviet policy, assuming that their ordeal in North Korea was unpleasant?
 
Would not the Germans of Korea be a bit anti-russian due to Soviet policy, assuming that their ordeal in North Korea was unpleasant?

It wouldn't be the same Russia they were kicked out of, and some Volga Germans IOTL returned (and continue to live) to their homeland in Russia after their expulsion by Stalin. Some moved to Kaliningrad Oblast as well. If Germany has any sort of restriction on Volga Germans/Korean Germans immigrating to Germany, then many would go back to Russia if conditions were poor in North Korea (as it was during the 90s).
 
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