The Nazi concept of 'Heim ins Reich' referred to:
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Correct answer: The policy of bringing ethnic Germans living outside Germany back into the Reich
This policy encouraged ethnic Germans in places like the Baltics and Italy to move to territories newly occupied by the Wehrmacht. It was part of the broader plan to consolidate a purely Germanic empire in Europe.
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