Coming home to the Third Reich : return migration of German nationals from the United States and Canada, 1933-1941 / Grant W. Grams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grams, Grant W., 1965- author.

Contributor:

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Return migration--Germany--History--20th century.

Return migration.

Germans--United States--History--20th century.

Germans.

Germans--Canada--History--20th century.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

History.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Germany.

Auslands-Organisation der NSDAP.

Germany--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.

Canada.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Return migration of German nationals from the United States and Canada, 1933-1941

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"During the 1930s, Germany's industrialization, rearmament, and economic plans taxed the country's existing manpower, forcing the country to explore new ways of acquiring Aryan-German labor. Eventually, the Third Reich implemented a return migration program which used various recruitment strategies to entice Germans from Canada and the United States to migrate home. It initially used the Atlantic Ocean to transport German speakers, but after the outbreak of World War II, German civilians were brought from the Americas to East Asia and then to Germany via the Trans-Siberian Railway through the Soviet Union. Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 ended this overland route, but some Germans were moved on Nazi ships from East Asia to the Third Reich until the end of 1942. This book investigates why Germans who had already established themselves in overseas countries chose to migrate back to an oppressive and authoritarian country. It sheds light on some aspects of the Third Reich's administration, goals, and achievements associated with return migration while also telling the individual stories of returnees"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Migration from Germany, 1919

1932

2. Migration from Germany, 1933

1939

3. Return Migration Administration, 1933

1941

4. Return Migration, 1933

1936

5. Return Migration, 1937

6. Organizations and Return Migration

7. Return Migration During World War II.

Notes:

"Heim ins Reich."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781476681894

1476681899

OCLC:

1198975857

Publisher Number:

99988528143