 At the General Congress of Bukovina held on November 28, 1918, the political representatives of the Bukovina Germans voted and supported the union of Bukovina with the Romanian kingdom, alongside the Romanian and Polish representatives.From 1933 up until 1940, some German societies and organizations opposed the propaganda of the Third Reich and the National Socialist-aligned so-called 'Reformation Movement'.Beginning in 1938 however, due to the poor economic situation and the powerful national socialist propaganda, a pro Third Reich mentality developed within the Bukovina German community.