At the same time, the local German minority was granted several privileges, and their number was steadily raised by the settlement of ethnic Germans, including those displaced by the Nazi-Soviet population transfers.
Pada masa yang sama, minoritas Jerman lokal diberikan beberapa hak, dan jumlah mereka sangat ditingkatkan oleh pemukiman etnis Jerman, termasuk orang-orang yang terusir oleh pemindahan penduduk Nazi-Soviet.