`` Servitude '' means what the Nazis saw as Germany 's `` servitude '' to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 , which imposed huge reparations on Germany and deprived her of her colonies and territory along her eastern border . `` Bondage '' is what the Nazis saw as Germany 's `` servitude '' under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles , in which the victorious powers imposed huge reparations on Germany , stripped her of her colonies in Africa , Asia and the Pacific Ocean , and gave parts of Germany to Belgium , Denmark , France , Poland , and Lithuania .