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It was the name given to the policy of Imperial Germany and Nazi Germany to expand the German language in areas populated by non-Germans. The means of the policy was eradication of non-German languages from public life and from the schools. In addition in 1885 the Prussian Settlement Commission financed from budget was set up to buy land from non-German hands and distribute it among German farmers. In 1908 the committee was entitled to force owners to sell the land. Other means included Prussian deportations 1888, deportation of non-Prussian nationals living in Prussia for longer times (mostly Poles and Jews) and the ban on building houses by non-Germans ( Drzymala car). Forced Germanisation stimulated resistance, especially by self-education and solidarity between minority members.

Under the Nazi regime, Germanisation was far more aggressive, to the point of separating "racially acceptable" children from their families, and enculturating them as Germans. [1]. In 1939 most of the minority activists were sent to concentration camps, minority children were forced to join Hitlerjugend therefore parents were afraid to speak with them minority language.

In wider sense, Germanisation refers to the process of aculturation Slavic speakers, populating initially areas of todays-date Eastern Germany to the line of Elba river . The process were performed by elimination of the leading group and pushing most of Slavic speakers into status of serfs yet in Middle Ages. In East Prussia forced resettlements of the Prussia (Baltic), especially after 1525 rebellion contributed to the eventual extinction of the Prussian language in the mid 16th century. The same process happened in BohemiaBohemia Cechy in Czech, Bohmen in German) is an historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. With an area of 52,750 sq. 25 million of the country's 10. 3 million inabitants, Bohemia is bounded by Germ after 1620Events September 6 English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11. November 8 The Battle of White Mountain Two officers of the B defeat of CzechThe word Czech may refer to: the Czech people, historical inhabitants of Bohemia, Moravia and the Czech part of Silesia. Czech language and its speakers the Czech Republic and its citizens Czechoslovakia (broken up in 1993) and its citizens the Czech land protestants. Germanisation encountered resistance ( Hussites movement) and were reverted by national awakening that occurred in 18th and 19th century in BohemiaBohemia Cechy in Czech, Bohmen in German) is an historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. With an area of 52,750 sq. 25 million of the country's 10. 3 million inabitants, Bohemia is bounded by Germ, MoraviaMoravia ( Czech: Morava is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. Its historical capital is Brno. For history see Great Moravia. It is named for the Morava (or March) river around which a group of Slavs settled sometime after 500 AD. The Moravians speak, SilesiaPlease be advised that the factual accuracy of Wikipedia articles dealing with topics related to the Oder-Neisse Line is often disputed. Silesia ( Polish Slask German Schlesien Czech Slezsko is a historical region in central Europe. Most of it is now with, LusatiaLusatia ( German Lausitz Sorbian Luzica Polish Luzyce Czech and Serbian Luzice , sometimes called Sorbia comprises a region in the southern parts of Brandenburg and eastern parts of Saxony, Germany. Part of the region has been ceded to Poland in 1945. and SloveniaThe Republic of Slovenia ( Slovenian: Slovenija is a coastal sub-Alpine country in south central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north..

In the German colonies, the policy of German as official language led to the forming of German-based pidgin s and creoles , such as Unserdeutsch .