Himmler's Auxiliaries: The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the German National Minorities of Europe, 1933-1945Lumans studies the relations between Nazi Germany and the German minority populations of other European countries, examining these ties within the context of Hitler's foreign policy and the racial policies of SS Chief Heinrich Himmler. He shows how the Reich's racial and political interests in these German minorities between 1933 and 1945 helped determine its behavior toward neighboring states. Originally published in 1993. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. |
Contents
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2 Founding the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle | 31 |
3 Preresettlement VoMi | 44 |
4 VoMis Prewar Activities | 62 |
The Southern and Eastern Borderlands | 73 |
The Baltic the Southeast the West and the Soviet Union | 101 |
The Southeast the West and the Soviet Union | 171 |
Home in the Reich | 184 |
An Overview | 205 |
The War Years | 217 |
13 Götterdämmerung | 250 |
Notes | 263 |
Bibliography | 301 |
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Himmler's Auxiliaries: The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the German ... Valdis O. Lumans Limited preview - 1993 |
Himmler's Auxiliaries: The Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle and the German ... Valdis O. Lumans No preview available - 2010 |
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activities Altreich April August Aussenpolitik Austrian authority Baltic Germans Banat BDC SSO became Behrends Berger Berlin Brückner Carpathian Germans command cultural Czechoslovakia Danube Swabians December Deutschtum DGFP Dienststelle Ribbentrop Diktierte Option east eastern economic Einsatzführer Ellermeier enlisted Estonia Europe evacuation February Foreign Ministry foreign policy Führer Gauleiter German minority Geschichte Greifelt Haushofer Henlein Hess Himmler Hitler Hoffmeyer HSSPF Hungarian Hungary Inland IIg Jacobsen January July June Karl Haushofer Karmasin Kursell Latvia leader leadership Loeber Lorenz Testimony Luig March Memelland Memo military Nation und Staat national minorities National Socialism Nazi non-Germans North Schleswig November NSDAP October organizations Paikert party Poland political Prosec racial recruitment Reich Germans Reichsführer SS resettlement responsible RFSS RKFDV Rumanian Slovakia Slovenes South Tyroleans Steinacher Sudeten territories Third Reich tion treaty Untermensch Verlag Volk völkisch Volksdeutsche VoMi VoMi camps VoMi officials VoMi's Waffen SS Werner Lorenz Yugoslavia Zeitgeschichte