Heim ins Reich (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪm ʔɪns ˈʁaɪç] ; meaning "back home to the Reich") was an irredentist foreign policy pursued by Nazi Germany from October 1936.
The aim of Hitler's initiative was to convince all Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) who were living outside Nazi Germany (e.g. in Austria, Czechoslovakia and the western districts of Poland) that they should strive to bring these regions "home" into Greater Germany, but also relocate from territories that were not under German control, following the conquest of Poland, in accordance with the Nazi–Soviet pact.