Heim ins Reich was an irredentist foreign policy pursued by Nazi Germany from October 1936.
Nazi Germany in 1939 (dark grey) after the conquest of Poland; with pockets of German colonists brought into the annexed territories of Poland from the Soviet "sphere of influence". – Nazi propaganda poster superimposed with the red outline of Poland missing entirely from the original print.
Membership card of the Luxembourgish Volksdeutsche Bewegung, with 'Heim ins Reich' slogan.
Poles expelled in 1939 from Reichsgau Wartheland
Arthur Greiser welcoming the millionth Volksdeutsche resettled from Eastern Europe to occupied Poland, March 1944
Irredentism is one state's desire to annex the territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to or the same a
Heim ins Reich
…Heim ins Reich (German pronunciation: ; meaning "back home to the Reich") was an irredentist foreign policy pursued by Nazi Germany from October 1936. The aim of Hitler's initiative was to convince all Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) who were…
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