According to the website of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, at least 1.5 million Polish citizens were sent into forced labor in German territory between 1939 and 1945.
Acquiring U of M allows greater market penetration into the Washington DC and Baltimore areas, whereas the Rutgers merger captures a good chunk of New Jersey and portions of the five NYC boroughs (how thoroughly Rutgers penetrates the NYC market is keenly addressed by Darren Rovell of ESPN).