... the numbers needed to be closely examined. The Nazi Regime moved more than 900,000 ethnic Germans from eastern European countries back into the Reich in order to repopulate the newly conquered territory. During the attack on the Soivet Union, Germany took up to 5.7 million Soviet soldiers prisoner and transported them back to the Reich as slave labour. This means that some 15 million had been moved during the war and vast areas of Europe were completely depopulated.1 Hitler's rise to power and his Blitzkrieg set off the Jews, his political and economic opponents and others who were under increasing pressure from the Nazis. Hitler's belief was that Europe was not a geographical but rather a racial entity. He sought stability not through the rule of law but by uprooting peoples. 'In pursuit of racial goals, nations were rearranged and millions of people were forcible driven from their homes, resettled hundreds of ...

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