Volksdeutsche Bewegung (Ethnic German Movement) was a Nazi movement in Luxembourg that flourished under German occupation during the Second World War.
Formed by Damian Kratzenberg, a university professor with a German background, the movement only emerged after the invasion and was declared the only legal political movement by the Nazis.[1] Using the slogan Heim ins Reich (Home to the Reich), their declared aim was the full incorporation of Luxembourg into Nazi Germany.[1] The policy was supported by Nazis who used the Bewegung as means towards this end.[2] The aim was accomplished in August 1942, although the VDB continued to operate and peaked at 84,000 members.[1] Many of these joined when it became clear that membership was necessary to retain employment.[1] A number of leading members also held dual membership of the National Socialist German Workers Party after incorporation.[1] The movement disappeared after the war, and Kratzenberg was executed in 1946.[1]
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