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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Famous quotes containing the words settlement, land and/or purchase:
“... if the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.”
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“The impersonal insensitive friendliness which takes the place of ceremony in that land of waifs and strays.”
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“O, let us have him, for his silver hairs
Will purchase us a good opinion,
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