Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle

Coordination Center
for Ethnic Germans
Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (VoMi)

Rudolf Hess and Heinrich Himmler visiting an exhibition of proposed rural German settlements within occupied Eastern Europe (March 1941).
Agency overview
Formedc.1937
Preceding agencies
  • Volksdeutscher Rat (VR) - (Ethnic German Council) (1933-1935)
  • Büro von Kursell
DissolvedMay 8, 1945
Superseding agency
  • Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums (RKFDV)
Jurisdiction Germany
Occupied Europe
HeadquartersUnter den Linden 64, Berlin
52°31′1.03″N 13°23′0.28″E / 52.5169528°N 13.3834111°E / 52.5169528; 13.3834111
Employees5,000 c. January 1942
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • SS-Obergruppenführer Werner Lorenz, Chef für Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (1937–1945)
Parent agencyNSDAP
Allgemeine-SS

In Nazi Germany the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle or VoMi (Coordination Center for Ethnic Germans) was a Nazi Party agency founded to manage the interests of the Volksdeutsche—the population of ethnic Germans living outside the Third Reich. Ultimately coming under Allgemeine-SS administration, it became responsible for orchestrating the implementation of Nazi Lebensraum (English: living-space) policies in Eastern Europe during World War II.

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