page_title: Volksliste
hierarchical_section_title: Volksliste
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Wiec warszawskich volksdeutschów w sali "Roma". Widok ogólny sali i uczestników. Warszawa luty 1940.
context_page_description: The Deutsche Volksliste, a Nazi Party institution, aimed to classify inhabitants of Nazi-occupied territories into categories of desirability according to criteria systematised by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The institution originated in occupied western Poland. Similar schemes subsequently developed in Occupied France and in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine.
  Volksdeutsche topped the list as a category. They comprised people without German citizenship but of German ancestry living outside Germany. Though Volksdeutsche did not hold German citizenship, the strengthening and development of ethnic German communities throughout east-central Europe formed an integral part of the Nazi vision for the creation of Greater Germany. In some areas, such as Romania, Croatia, and Yugoslavia/Serbia, ethnic Germans were legally recognised in legislation as privileged groups.
context_section_description: The Deutsche Volksliste (German People's List), a Nazi Party institution, aimed to classify inhabitants of Nazi-occupied territories (1939-1945) into categories of desirability according to criteria systematised by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The institution originated in  occupied western Poland (occupied 1939-1945). Similar schemes subsequently developed in Occupied France (1940-1944) and in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (1941-1944).
  Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) topped the list as a category. They comprised people without German citizenship but of German ancestry living outside Germany (unlike German expatriates). Though Volksdeutsche did not hold German citizenship, the strengthening and development of ethnic German communities throughout east-central Europe formed an integral part of the Nazi vision for the creation of Greater Germany (Großdeutschland).  In some areas, such as Romania, Croatia, and Yugoslavia/Serbia, ethnic Germans were legally recognised in legislation as privileged groups.
caption: Volksdeutsche meeting in occupied Warsaw in 1940
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