Russian Ukrainian replace German in schools. World War II breaks out. Bessarabian Germans evicted, resettling in Warthegau in German-occupied Poland. 1941 Germany attacks Soviet Union. Soviets begin deporting Germans from western regions to Siberia, Central Asia.
Soviets recapture Odessa.
About 350,000 ethnic Germans retreat to resettle in Warthegau. 1945 War ends. Siberia and Central Asia 1955 German chancellor Konrad Adenaur visits Moscow, Supreme Soviet restores civil rights to ethnic Germans. Confiscated property is not returned, Germans forbidden to return to their original homes. 1964 Deportation order of 1941 lifted.