• The Old Prussian language had become extinct by the 17th or early 18th century. In 1939 East Prussia had 2.49 million inhabitants, 85% of them ethnic Germans, the others Poles in the south, or Lietuvininkai...
  • Postcard saying "Greetings from Koenigsberg in Prussia / The old city market." ... Königsberg city (East Prussia) center before war.
  • Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, the northern part of East Prussia, including the city of Königsberg, was transferred to the Soviet Union.
  • On 24 January 1945, the 3rd Belorussian Front led by General Chernyakhovsky, surrounded the capital city of East Prussia, Königsberg.
  • 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.
  • Königsberg in East Prussia was leveled by Allied bombing in WWII and was then annexed to Soviet Union which expelled its German inhabitants.
  • 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.
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  • English: This category contains files and media relating to Königsberg, until 1945 the German capital of East Prussia.