• 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.
  • 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...
  • By decision of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, Königsberg and its adjacent territory (approximately one-third of what was formerly East Prussia)...
  • Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, Germany’s easternmost region, was an oasis of peace for much of the second world war.
  • 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...
  • Records were originally in the University Library in Königsberg, East Prussia; now located in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.
  • Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, the northern part of East Prussia, including the city of Königsberg, was transferred to the Soviet Union.
  • Geschichte von Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Ostpreußen in Fotos History of Königsberg (Kaliningrad), East Prussia in photos. • Eine kleine historische Referenz.