• Persecution of Jews under the Nazi regime[edit]. Prior to the Nazi era, Königsberg was home to a third of East Prussia's 13,000 Jews.
  • Königsberg (in Polish Królewiec), chief town of a government district in the province of East Prussia and since 1843 a fortress of the first rank, is situated on the...
  • From this core Prussia - later East Prussia - the Prussian state emerged and gave it the name Prussia. In 1724 Königsberg's most famous son saw the light of...
  • History of city (part I). Konigsberg, now the well-known city of Kaliningrad, is an enclave washed by the cold and noisy Baltic sea.
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  • The Eastern Railway ended in Eydtkuhnen and connected Königsberg and East Prussia with Berlin. Königsberg became a hub in north-eastern European traffic.
  • Koch had abandoned East Prussia and Königsberg and those who remained now faced the wrath of the Russians.The German armed forces had slaughtered...
  • Königsberg is the capital of the former German province of East Prussia . As a result of WWII, neither Königsberg nor East Prussia exists anymore.
  • Königsberg city (East Prussia) center before war. ... Hell On Earth: East Prussia And Koenigsberg In 1945. Germans surrender in Koenigsburg.
  • English: This category contains files and media relating to Königsberg, until 1945 the German capital of East Prussia.
  • After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, Königsberg became the capital of the newly formed province of East Prussia in 1773, which replaced the Province of...
  • The city now contains far fewer than even 5% ethnic Germans. The whole region of East Prussia is lost. ... This became known as "the revenge of the Prussians"
  • By then, the decision to annihilate East Prussia and grant Königsberg to the Soviet Union had already been taken, so the reason for its destruction remains a mystery.
  • From the 13th century, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525.