Forced migrations during World War II

Nazi racial plan of enslavement and genocide of peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, mainly Jews, Slavs & Roma

thumb|"Whoever wears this sign is an enemy of our people" – Parole der Woche, 1 July 1942 showing a [[yellow badge used by the Nazis to identify Jews]] thumb|Synagogue in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied [[Bydgoszcz, Poland, September 1939. The inscription in German reads: "This city is free of Jews!"]] thumb|German map showing the number of Jewish executions carried out by Einsatzgruppe A in: [[Estonia (declared judenfrei), Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia]] thumb|Advertisement for a café in Tübingen, describing itself as judenfrei Judenfrei (, "free of Jews") and

slogan used to describe one of Adolf Hitler's foreign policies

thumb|250px|"Nationality badges" () of from Russia, [[Ukraine and Belarus colored in accordance with their national flags: blue Saint Andrew's cross on white within a red oval (white-blue-red flag of Russia), yellow within blue badge with the Ukrainian trident and white and red badge in accordance to the white-red-white flag of Belarus. The badges were legally introduced on 19 June 1944 as replacements for the "OST" badges and practically implemented seemingly only after February 1945.]] '''''''''' (, "Eastern worker") was a Nazi German designation for foreign workers gathered from occupied Ce

Brothels for members of the Wehrmacht and the SS

post WWII resettlement

period of three years (26 August 1942 – 13 September 1945) during which Nauru, a Pacific island under Australian administration, was occupied by the Japanese military as part of its operations in the Pacific War during World War II

thumb|Monument to the Malgré-nous in Obernai, [[Bas-Rhin]] Malgré-nous (, or, more figuratively, 'we who are forced against our will') is a term that refers to men from Alsace–Lorraine who were conscripted into the German military after the region's annexation from France during World War II. They are sometimes referred to as forced enlistees ().

1931–1945 immigration

massive movement of Belgian, Dutch, Luxembroug, and French populations in May-June 1940, following the German invasion

postwar ethnic transfers