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	A expulsão dos alemães em 1916 : o caso do Porto
	Catarina Margarida Lopes Rodrigues Liberato
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	Abstract The expulsion of Germans from Porto suggests the participation of Portugal in the Great War. This attitude stems from the declaration of war by Germany to Portugal. Therefore Afonso Costa orders the expulsion of all subjects enemies from Portugal – the obligation to leave the country, except for males aged between sixteen and forty-five years. These should be taken to the place designated by the Portuguese government, which led to the existence of concentration camps in Portugal. We try to understand the consequences of these procedures in Porto community and which were the true motivations of Afonso Costa in the publication of several Decree-Law of expulsion during the year 1916. Based on the analysis of published Bilhetes de Identidade e Registo de Alemães que foram obrigados a sahir do paiz and news in the daily newspaper O Comércio do Porto, we produce a brief but concise study on German residents in the grand Porto area and in particular on an influential family – the Burmester. Germans who at the time lived in Porto and were expelled, belonged to a high social class, holding positions in trade, in factories, in business and in education.
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