page_title: Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
hierarchical_section_title: Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Nach dem Feldzug der 18 Tage begann die bisher großzügigste Umsiedlungsaktion der Weltgeschichte. Alle Volksgruppen, die Draußen ihre Aufgaben erfüllt haben, rief der Führer zurück in die Heimat ihrer Väter. Sie helfen jetzt mit beim Ausbau und der Festigung des großdeutschen Reiches. In besonderem Maße werden beim Aufbau des Warthegaues ihre kolonisatorischen Fähigkeiten wirksam werden.
context_page_description: The Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood was an office in Nazi Germany which was held by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
  Adolf Hitler in his 7 October 1939 order Erlaß des Führers und Reichskanzlers zur Festigung deutschen Volkstums appointed Himmler to carry out the following duties:
  Overseeing of the final return to the Reich of the Volksdeutsche and Auslandsdeutsche
  Prevention of "harmful influence" of populations alien to the German Volkstum
  Creation of new populated areas settled by Germans, mostly by the returning ones.
  The commissioner was therefore responsible for repatriation, and settlement of ethnic Germans who lived abroad, into Nazi Germany and German held territories. The Foreign Organizations of the Nazi Party was responsible for the return of German citizens and all German speakers from the United States.
context_section_description: The Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood (German: Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, RKF, RKFDV) was an office in Nazi Germany which was held by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
  Adolf Hitler in his 7 October 1939 order Erlaß des Führers und Reichskanzlers zur Festigung deutschen Volkstums appointed Himmler to carry out the following duties:
  Overseeing of the final return to the Reich of the Volksdeutsche and Auslandsdeutsche (Reichsdeutsche who live abroad)
  Prevention of "harmful influence" of populations alien to the German Volkstum
  Creation of new populated areas settled by Germans, mostly by the returning ones.
  The commissioner was therefore responsible for repatriation, and settlement of ethnic Germans who lived abroad, into Nazi Germany and German held territories. The Foreign Organizations of the Nazi Party was responsible for the return of German citizens and all German speakers from the United States (see Wilhelm Ernst Bohle).
caption: A propaganda poster for German relocation from around the world to populate Reichsgau Wartheland
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