After their victory in World War II, the Nazis intended to destroy or exile most of the population of the occupied USSR and other conquered countries to Siberia - the Nazis intended in this way to clear the living space for Nazi Germany.
Planned "cleanup" of the Soviet Union
The draft general layout "East" (Ost) on the instructions of SS Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler was prepared by SS Oberfuehrer Konrad Meyer. The final version of the document on the enslavement and destruction of the peoples of the USSR is dated May 28, 1942. Even before the attack on the Soviet Union in early 1941, Hitler spoke in his speech to the command of the Wehrmacht about the need for "total destruction of the USSR." In April of the same year, the commander of the ground forces of the Third Reich, W. Brauchitsch, issued an order for the immediate elimination of anyone who would put up any resistance in the territory occupied by the Germans.
"Rechkommissar for the Strengthening of the German Race" Heinrich Himmler received instructions from Hitler to create new settlements, which should appear as Nazi Germany expands its living space in the east. In July 1940, in front of the high command of the Wehrmacht, Hitler outlined his concept of dividing the territories of the USSR: Germany keeps Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic states, and the north-west of Russia, including the Arkhangelsk region, goes to the Finns.
The Ost plan prepared by Himmler's services envisaged the deportation or extermination of over 80% of the population of Lithuania, more than 60% of the inhabitants of Western Ukraine, 75% of Belarusians, half of the Latvians and Estonians. The Nazis intended to raze Moscow and Leningrad to the ground, and completely destroy the entire population of these cities. Part of the plan was to disunite the peoples of the occupied territories, therefore, in Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and the Baltic states, the Nazis in every possible way encouraged nationalist sentiments.
In March 1941, a special structure was created in Germany to control the exploited population of the USSR. It received a name similar to the Ost plan. One of the main tasks of this "headquarters of economic leadership" was the development of a scheme according to which the USSR in the shortest possible time turned into a raw material appendage of the Third Reich.
The Nazis' accomplices were promised certain territorial concessions: Romania could claim the lands of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the Hungarians were promised the former Eastern Galicia (the territory of Western Ukraine).
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Going to colonize the Soviet Union, the Nazis, according to the general plan of Ost, intended to populate over 700 square kilometers of the USSR with "true Aryans". They divided the farmland in advance, outlined the administrative districts (areas of Leningrad, Crimea and Bialystok). The Leningrad District was called Ingerlandia, the Crimean District was named the Gotha District, and the Bialystok District was named Memel-Narev. These territories were supposed to be "cleared" of more than 30 million people - the indigenous inhabitants of these areas.
Basically, the "racially inferior" Hitlerites intended to move to Western Siberia, with the exception of the Jews - the Nazis planned to destroy them. According to the Second General Plan of Settlements, ready by December 1942, only the Baltic peoples were suitable for "Germanization", according to the Nazis. From Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians, the Nazis wanted to make bosses over the rest of the slaves.
Some projectors of the Ost plan, in particular, Wolfgang Abel, spoke out for the complete destruction of the Russians on the territory of the occupied USSR. Opponents objected: they say, it is politically and economically impractical.
What was done with "OST" atkas
Russian historians perceive the Ost plan as a truly "cannibal document", the goal of which is the complete destruction of the Slavic population in the Soviet Union. Despite the obvious projecting of this idea, the Nazis nevertheless carried out part of their plan - during the Second World War they destroyed on the territory of the USSR. more than 7 million civilians, including Jews.
