What is "hegewald"

Hegewald may refer to:

• Hegewald (colony), a short-lived German colony in Reichskommissariat Ukraine near Zhitomir during World War II
• Hegewald Film, a German film production company

Hegewald was a short-lived German colony during World War II, situated near Zhytomyr in Reichskommissariat Ukraine. It was repopulated in late 1942 and early 1943 by the ethnically German settlers classified as Volksdeutsche; transferred from occupied territories of Poland, Croatia, Bessarabia, and the Soviet Union to an area earmarked for the projected Germanization of the Ukrainian lands. The plans were prepared months in advance by the SS, RKFDV and VoMi, but major problems with supplies have occurred right from the beginning. Heinrich Himmler's original plans to recruit settlers from Scandinavia and the Netherlands were unsuccessful.