Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood

A propaganda poster for German relocation from around the world to populate Reichsgau Wartheland

The Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood (German: Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, RKF, RKFDV) was an office in Nazi Germany which was held by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.^[1]

Adolf Hitler in his October 7 1939 order Erlaß des Führers und Reichskanzlers zur Festigung deutschen Volkstums ordered Himmler to carry out the following duties:^[2]

Overseeing of the final return to the Reich of the Volksdeutche and Auslandsdeutsche (Reichsdeutsche who live abroad)
Prevention of "harmful influence" of populations alien to the German Volkstum
Creation of new populated areas settled by Germans, mostly by the returning ones.

References

↑ [Robert L. Koehl, RKFDV: German Resettlement and Population Policy 1939–1945. A History of the Reichskommission for the Strengthening of Germandom. Harvard UP, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1957
↑ Hans Buchheim, Anatomie des SS-Staates, 1965

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