Estonia and Latvia were slated for a fundamental racial reorganization in 'Generalplan Ost'. Much of the population were physically removed (in the case of Jews, murdered: in the case of others, resettled further eastwards) while the remainder would be racially reprogrammed into Germanics. The formulation and implementation of the plan in the occupied eastern territories was the remit of Himmler and his SS. The most visible nexus of racial policy and securitization was the genocide of the Jews