The German minority in Romania is scattered throughout 6 regions: Transylvania, Banat, Satu Mare, Bukovina, Bessarabia, Dobruja and the area of the ''Romanian Old Kingdom''. Since the 12th century on, the German settlers were populating those regions, invited by different kings whose main object was to inhabit those areas; either because of the population decline due to several wars with Turks or because of desire to take a better use of fertile soil and coal mines. The population censuses prove that there were rather numerous Germans inhabiting the area, however the numbers of habitants had drastically declined after the World War II and after the collapse of the communist regime due to some major population migrations. In order to be better accepted and recognized within Romania, people had sympathised with the Third Reich ideology. In particular, they had youth wings of political parties and men enlisted in the German army. Their actions had taken a horrendous toll on the minority; people were discriminated, deported to labour camps in Soviet Union and were overall controlled and surveilled. The communist regime that followed, had tolerated the minorities that cooperated with authorities. The reprisals and the general shortage had significally affected Romanians as well as minorities. Since the end of the World War II until today, they have been regular emigrations to Germany which has resulted in decimation of minority population. Herta Müller is a German writer an novelist born in Banat region. Her notable works The Fox was Ever the Hunter, The Appointment, The Land of Green Plums, The Hunger Angel are depicting the horrors and terror of World War II and Communist Romania under repressive regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu. Due to the constant pressure of Romanian authorities and her own community, she moved to Germany at the end of the eighties where she still lives and writes about the subject.
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