In Poland the term Drang nach Osten was used in describing programs of Germanizing Poland,[1] while in Germany the slogan was part of a wider nationalist approbation of medieval German settlement in the east and of the idea of the "superiority of German culture".[1] The slogan Drang nach Westen ("Drive to the West"), derived from Drang nach Osten, was used to depict an alleged Polish drive westward.[1][8]