Prussian Settlement Commission - Acquisitions Settlement and Land Purchase

Acquisitions Settlement and Land Purchase

While the commission planned to settle up to 40,000 families in Posen and West Prussia, it only managed to settle a total of 21,866 families until 1914, bringing the number of German colonists to 154,000.

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