A similar Germanization of place names was carried out in other regions of the Third Reich because the Nazi government felt that "foreign language names for places constitute a national threat and may lead to mistaken world opinion in regard to their nationality".
A similar Germanization of place names was carried out in other regions of the Third Reich. During World War II, renaming occurred primarily in occupied/annexed territories, because the Nazi government felt that "foreign language names for places constitute a national threat and may lead to mistaken world opinion in regard to their nationality".