- 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...
- Naively many citizens of Königsberg and East Prussia returned to the region at war’s end.
- Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, the northern part of East Prussia, including the city of Königsberg, was transferred to the Soviet Union.
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- Königsberg is the capital of the former German province of East Prussia . As a result of WWII, neither Königsberg nor East Prussia exists anymore.
- On 24 January 1945, the 3rd Belorussian Front led by General Chernyakhovsky, surrounded the capital city of East Prussia, Königsberg.
- Records were originally in the University Library in Königsberg, East Prussia; now located in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.
- 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.