Языковая идентичность фольксдойче в оккупированных Польше, Белоруссии и на Украине
Language identity of the Volksdeutsche in occupied Poland, Belarus and Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: Volksdeutsche, i.e. Germans who lived outside the Reich occupied a key place in the plans of the Nazi leadership for the organization of the eastern occupied territories. They were the main human reserve for the Germanization of Poland and some areas of the USSR. The primary task for the German authorities was to bring the multicultural and multilingual contingent of Volksdeutsche to the linguistic and ideological standards inherent in the population of the “old” Reich. The level of German language proficiency played an important role in determining the status of Volksdeutsche in the new social situation for them, and their bilingualism made them an important link in the mediation between the occupation authorities and the local population of the occupied territories.

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