- po****tion
opted for emigration; they were
called Optanten and
banded together in the
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der
Optanten für
Deutschland (****ociation of
Optants for...
- so-called Dableiber, were
condemned as
traitors while those who left (
Optanten) were
defamed as ****s.
Because of the
outbreak of
World War II, this agreement...
- as traitors;
those who left (
Optanten), the majority, were
defamed as ****s.
There was a plan to
relocate the
Optanten in
Crimea (annexed to Greater...
- police),
which had been
recruited from the ADO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der
Optanten für
Deutschland or ****ociation of
Optants for Germany); it was mirrored...
-
comprising the same
provincial area. In 1925, with the
sudden influx of the
Optanten,
inhabitants of
areas annexed by
Poland who
opted not to
become Polish...
-
least 28,000
Germans living in
Poland who had
chosen German citizenship ("
Optanten" in German) and of 5,000
Poles living in
Germany who had
chosen Polish...
- by
vigorous and
quick liquidation of
property and
eviction of
German "
Optanten" (Germans who
refused to
accept Polish citizenship and per the Versailles...
- from
residents of the OZAV.
German authorities were at
first limited to "
Optanten,"
Tyroleans who had
opted for
German citizenship, but poor
recruiting prompted...
