resettlement

resettlement
   mass murder
   Literally, voluntary or involuntary removal of residence. However, the Nazi Unsiedlung took Jews from the ghetto, or from the Jewish House in which they were obliged to live, to their death:
    ... the huge 'resettlements' from the Warsaw ghetto... were coincident with the establishment of ... Treblinka and its gas chambers. (Styron, 1976)

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  • Resettlement — Re*set tle*ment ( ment), n. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. [1913 Webster] The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • resettlement — 1630s, from RESETTLE (Cf. resettle) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

  • resettlement — [[t]riːse̱t(ə)lmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Resettlement is the process of moving people to a different place to live, because they are no longer allowed to stay in the area where they used to live. Only refugees are eligible for resettlement… …   English dictionary

  • resettlement — noun Resettlement is used after these nouns: ↑refugee …   Collocations dictionary

  • resettlement — resettle ► VERB ▪ settle or cause to settle in a different place. DERIVATIVES resettlement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia — PrecursorsThe policy of encouraging voluntary resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia began in 1958, when the government established the first known planned resettlement in Sidamo Province.Resettlement under the DergShortly after the 1974… …   Wikipedia

  • Resettlement Administration — Farm Security Administration La Farm Security Administration (FSA) est un organisme américain créé par le ministère de l agriculture en 1937, chargé d aider les fermiers les plus pauvres touchés par la Grande Dépression. La FSA est le successeur… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Resettlement of the Jews in England — The Resettlement of the Jews in England was a historic commercial policy dealing with Jews in England in the 17th century, and forms a prominent part of the History of the Jews in England.Oliver CromwellThe commercial policy which led to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Resettlement Administration — The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a U.S. federal agency that, between April 1935 and December 1936, relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government.The RA was the brainchild of Rexford G.… …   Wikipedia

  • Resettlement Administration — (RA)    The RA was created in 1935 to coordinate several agricultural policies under the New Deal and provide assistance for displaced farmers under the leadership of Rexford Tugwell. The RA was also empowered to assist farm tenants become… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • resettlement — n. * * * …   Universalium

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