On the Road to the “New Eastern Lands”

2024/09/18 by Ron Hellfritzsch, William Connor
Social Sciences · #19th century #1st half 20th century #Baltic Germans #Baltics #Broedrich #Clemens August von #Colonialism #Colonialism research #Colonization (settlement policy) #Courland #Dehio #Deutschbalt:in #Estland #Estonia #European history and politics #Expulsion #First World War #Forced migration #Galen #Georg #German Reich #Germanization #Global history #Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics #History of eastern europe #Latvia #Lithuania #Livonia #Migration (human) #Migration history #Nationalism #Ober Ost #Propaganda #Reception #Russian Empire #Schiemann #Silvio #Soviet and Russian History #Theodor #World War II

paper · doi:10.25355/q9d3-t219

openalex publication_date 2024/09/18 · openalex created_date 2025/12/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

During the First World War, the German Empire had far-reaching plans for expansion in Eastern Europe. The Baltic states in particular were destined to become a German settlement colony known as the “Neues Ostland” (new eastern lands). With hindsight, some of these plans appear as forerunners of National Socialist conquest policy.

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