• 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.
  • The need to control the Baltic coastline would bring the Soviet Union into the heart of East Prussia — and towards the fortress city of Königsberg.
  • Lost Castle of Königsberg, East Prussia (Modern Kaliningrad, Russia) Founded 1255 by Teutonic Order?
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  • 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...
  • Konigsberg/Prussia. 90 Pins. 6y. ... Historical Photos. Old World. View from the tower of Königsberg Cathedral, Königsberg, East Prussia, 1930.
  • Naively many citizens of Königsberg and East Prussia returned to the region at war’s end.
  • Königsberg (Latinised name of the city is Regimontium Prussorum) was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945.
  • 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 decision of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, Königsberg and its adjacent territory (approximately one-third of what was formerly East Prussia)...
  • 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...
  • English: This category contains files and media relating to Königsberg, until 1945 the German capital of East Prussia.
  • The historic capital city of the Prussian province of East Prussia was Königsberg, a center of science and culture for hundreds of years.
  • The chances are that you, the reader, have never even heard of Königsberg or East Prussia unless you are a history buff or a descendant of one of the...