Primarily ethnic Poles and Jews were removed to make way for Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) settlers from other parts of Europe.
Estimates of total expulsions by Nazi Germany range from 1.7 million to nearly 2.5 million people. WypД™dzeni 1939... Deportacje obywateli polskich...
Following the Soviet invasion on September 17, 1939, the NKVD conducted four major waves of mass deportations from the eastern territories ( Kresy ). Primarily ethnic Poles and Jews were removed to