TheReich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood (German:Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, RKF, RKFDV) was an office of theSchutzstaffel inNazi Germany, held byReichsführer-SSHeinrich Himmler, responsible for the return and resettlement of theGerman diaspora.[1]
Adolf Hitler in his 7 October 1939 orderErlaß des Führers und Reichskanzlers zur Festigung deutschen Volkstums appointed Himmler to carry out the following duties:[2]
The commissioner was therefore responsible for the return, repatriation, and settlement of ethnic Germans who lived abroad, into Nazi Germany and German held territories.[3]
The RKFDV was heavily involved inGeneralplan Ost, the Nazi plan for the resettlement and "Germanization" of captured territory inEastern Europe, producing four of the plan's five drafts.
Ulrich Greifelt served as Chief of Staff for the RKFDV during its existence, and was responsible for much of its day-to-day operation and policy on behalf of Himmler.