Volksdeutsche
Sign in to saveIn Nazi German terminology, '''' () were "people whose language and culture had German origins but who did not hold German citizenship." The term is the nominalised plural of volksdeutsch, with denoting a singular female, and , a singular male. The words Volk and völkisch'' conveyed the meanings of "folk".
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- Origin of the term ''Volksdeutsche''
- Historical background
- Treaty of Versailles
- The Nazi era before World War II
- Pre-war relations with the Nazis
- Internal propaganda
- Collaboration with the Nazis
- During World War II
- 'Volksdeutsche' in German-occupied western Poland
- Volksdeutsche in the territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939–1940
- After the German invasion of the USSR
- Volksdeutsche in Hungary
- Volksdeutsche in Romania
- 'Volksdeutsche' in Serbia and Croatia
- Expulsion and exodus from Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the war
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In Nazi German terminology, '''' () were "people whose language and culture had German origins but who did not hold German citizenship." The term is the nominalised plural of volksdeutsch, with denoting a singular female, and , a singular male. The words Volk and völkisch conveyed the meanings of "folk".
Ethnic Germans living outside Germany shed their identity as Auslandsdeutsche (Germans abroad), and morphed into the in a process of self-radicalisation. This process gave the Nazi regime the nucleus around which the new Volksgemeinschaft was established across the German borders.