ethnic Germans.
In the National Socialist school of thought, Volksdeutsche were `German in terms of people or folk`. The term is the nominalised plural of volksdeutsch, with Volksdeutsche denoting a single female, and Volksdeutsche(r), a male single. The words Volk and völkisch conveyed the meanings of `folk` and `race` while adding the sense of superior c...
ethnic Germans.