The author examines how so-called "life unworthy of life" was treated during the "Heim ins Reich" resettlements from Bessarabia, Dobruja, and Bukovina in the fall of 1940. While Nazi propaganda publicly celebrated the resettlements, "euthanasia" murders were taking place in the clinics of the German "Reich." In light of this, what happened to "ethnic Germans" who did not conform to the ideals of Nazi ethnic policy?

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Susanne Schlechter, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany.