ABOUT THE MIGRATIONS OF BESSARABIAN GERMANS IN THE 1940S

Abstract

The article analyzes the migration of Bessarabian Germans in various historical periods. Special attention is paid to the events of the mid-twentieth century, which radically influenced their destinies. The normative legal acts on the basis of which the process of their resettlement to Germany in 1940 was carried out are considered. At the end of World War II (1944-1945), some Bessarabian families were repatriated to the Soviet Un© Маркдорф Н. М., 2024 36 Маркдорф Н. М. О миграциях бессарабских немцев в 1940-е годы ion after the arrival of the Red Army. The author of the article states that the fates of both immigrants in the Third Reich and new Soviet citizens forcibly deported to the USSR were tragic