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Die Gauleiter der N.S.D.A.P ( 1933 )
Die Gauleiter der N.S.D.A.P |
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Zwei Gauleiter im Schnee
Sevi und Bene beim Skifahrn in der Saison 06/07 |
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Scheiße Scheiße Sexy
der Gauleiter beim abflashen |
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legalisierter Raub und Massenmord
"Hitler, die Gauleiter, Minister und Staatssekretäre agierten als klassische Stimmungspolitiker. Sie fragten sich täglich, wie sie die Zufriedenheit der deutschen Mehrheitsbevölkerung sichern konnten. Auf der Basis von Geben und Nehmen erkauften sie sich deren Zustimmung oder wenigstens Gleichgültigkeit durch eine Fülle von Steuerprivilegien, mit Millionen Tonnen geraubter Lebensmittel und mit der Umverteilung des "arisierten" Eigentums von verfolgten und ermordeten Juden aus ganz Europa. Den Deutschen ging es im Zweiten Weltkrieg besser als je zuvor, sie sahen im nationalen Sozialismus die Lebensform der Zukunft - begründet auf Raub, Rassenkrieg und Mord." Die staatlichen Maßnahmen - Die Arisierung der jüdischer Betriebe ab 1938 Nach dem 9.11.1938 ließen Staat und Behörden jede Zurückhaltung fallen. Mit den Ausschreitungen der Pogromnacht begann die vorletzte Phase der 'Judenpolitik', die Vorbereitung der Vernichtung. Von November 1938 an wurde die Umsetzung der Judenpolitik in die Hände der Ämter und Verwaltungen gelegt. Ziel des von Heydrich wesentlich gestalteten Konzeptes war es, die Juden völlig aus dem Wirtschaftsleben zu verdrängen und die Auswanderung voran zu treiben. Im Unterschied zu den Jahren 1933-38 war die Hauptmaßgabe nun, dass die Zielsetzungen ausschließlich auf gesetzlichem Wege erreicht werden sollten. Landesfinanzämter, örtliche Finanzämter und Kommunalbehörden wurden von nun an durch eine Unzahl an Gesetzen, Verordnungen (VO), und Durchführungsverordnungen (DVO) mit dem nötigen gesetzlichen Rüstzeug ausgestattet. mit google-translation tools übersetzt: "Hitler, the Gauleiter, ministers and state secretaries acted as a classic mood politicians. They asked every day, as the satisfaction of the German majority population secure. On the basis of give and take them erkauften their consent or at least indifference by an abundance of tax privileges, with millions of tonnes of food and geraubter with the redistribution of "Aryanised" property of persecuted and murdered Jews from across Europe. The Germans were in the Second World War better than ever, they saw socialism in the national life form of the future - based on robbery, racial war and murder. " The government measures - The Aryanization of Jewish holdings from 1938 after the state and could 9.11.1938 authorities of any restraint. With the excesses of the Pogrom Night started the penultimate phase of the 'Jewish policy', the preparation of the destruction. From November 1938 to implement the policy of Jews into the hands of offices and administrations. Heydrich aim of significantly layout concept was to the Jews completely from the economic life out of the emigration and to drive forward. In contrast to the years 1933-38 was the main measure now passing that the objectives solely on legal means should be achieved. National tax offices, local tax offices and local authorities were now in a myriad of laws, regulations (RP), and implementing regulations (CCIP) with the necessary legal tools. |
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Heim ins Reich Teil 1 (Luxemburg im 2. Weltkrieg) Letzebuerg
Ein Film über Luxemburg im 2. Weltkrieg. Die Originalfassung ist eigentlich luxemburgisch aber ich denke mal dass die deutsche übersetzung mehr zuschauer erfasst.Lediglich die Kommentare der Zeitzeugen sind noch auf luxemburgisch aber das dürfte für die deutschen ja wohl kein Problem sein... |
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tribute to Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
a tribute to the dr Joseph Paul Goebbels, reichsminister of propaganda of the third reich, gauleiter of berlin, chancellor of germany for 1 day and close friend of the fuhrer adolf hitler. he was a great men what stay with the fuhrer until the end, he was loyal to the national socialist until his death. a great men!!! |
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Manfred (a.k.a Walter) aus Tillmitsch
Du wirst es nie zu einem Bauleiter bringen! |
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Heim ins Reich Teil 8 (Luxemburg im 2. Weltkrieg)
Luxemburg im 2. Weltkrieg |
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1943- the dr goebbels proclaim the total war
1943-in the sportpalast of berlin the reichsminister of propaganda and gauleiter of berlin, dr joseph goebbels declare the total war against the enemies of germany. |
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MCMXXXIII: Goering at the Prussian State Council
As Gauleiter (Reich Commissioner) of Prussia, Hermann W. Goering opens the Prussian Senate on March 12, 1933 |
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Deutsche Wochenschau - Kriegsjahr 1944 - 113
Fliegerhelden,Die Jungsten,Der Feind in Luft,Munchen Adolf Hitler & Gauleiter Wagner,Traue Parade ,LSSAH |
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David Irving Interview Part Two
The second part of this interview in Warsaw. Here he discusses the role of Albert Speer and his friendship with Heinrich Himmler. We move onto when the Nazis decided to murder the Jewish population of Europe as well as discussing Josef Goebbels in joke 'aus... (gerottet)' at the Total War speech in Berlin's Sport's Palace in February 1943. Hitler meanwhile is protected by Martin Bormann whom he has instructed to keep the gauleiters off his back. My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. I have produced a number of films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine! In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management). My blog can be found via http://www.ceepackaging.com and http://www.pbn.com.pl and contains background information and more details of many of my films. This information is in English. I have also a second blog on the site http://www.navigeo.net/blog/alan-heath-blog . This site has been recently started by a friend and I think it will soon be one of the leading travel sites in Poland, if not Central Europe. It contains additional information about some of the places and events shown in these films but most of that is in Polish. |
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ALBHIST #64 Albanian History
http://www.illyrians.org/coalbania.html Prime Minister and five ministers of Kosova resign citing Serbian pressure. U.S. Congressional delegation and Senator DeConcini condemn Serbia's leaders for human rights abuses against Albanians in Kosova. July 2, 1990 Albanians boycott Serbian voting and approve the Declaration of Independence of Kosova. Serbia's Parliament rejects it and orders the Assembly of Kosova abolished, the Government dissolved and the closing of the only Albanian newspaper. The radio and T.V. services are taken over by the Serbian minority. A Serbian "Gauleiter" sets up a new government with nine Serbs and one Albanian. The action extinguishes what remained of Kosova's autonomy. August 30,1990 Serbian police use clubs and tear gas to disperse thousands of Albanians waiting for the U.S. Delegation headed by |
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Assault on East Prussia 1/ 5
East Prussia German: Ostpreußen Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772--1829 and 1878--1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the German state of Prussia. The capital of East Prussia was Königsberg. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Poles and Prussian Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century on, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The Old Prussian language became extinct by the 17th century or early 18th century. In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia entered into a personal union with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, and was separated from Brandenburg by territory of Poland. Because the duchy was outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701. After the annexation of most of Polish Royal Prussia in the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, East Prussia was connected with the rest of the Prussian state and reorganized into the Province of East Prussia the following year. Between 1829 and 1878, the Province of East Prussia was joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia became the leading state of the German Empire after its creation in 1871. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I made East Prussia an exclave of Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was added to Lithuania. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was partitioned between Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Oblast), the People's Republic of Poland (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), and the Lithuanian SSR (the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region). The capital city Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population of the province largely evacuated during the war, during the years 1944--46, but an estimated 300.000 (around one fifth of the population) died due to war circumstances and the remainder were subsequently expelled. In 1944 the medieval city of Königsberg, which had never been severely damaged by warfare in its 700 years, was almost entirely destroyed by two Allied air raids on the night of 26/27 August 1944 and three nights later on the 29/30 August 1944. Winston Churchill (The Second World War, Book XII) erroneously considered the city "a modernised heavily defended fortress". Gauleiter Erich Koch protracted the evacuation of the German civilian population until the Eastern Front approached the East Prussian border in 1944. The population of the province had been systematically disinformed by Endsieg Nazi propaganda about the real military state of affairs. As a result many civilians fleeing westward were overtaken by retreating Wehrmacht units and the rapidly advancing Red Army. Reports of Soviet atrocities in the Nemmersdorf massacre of October 1944 and organised rape spread fear and desperation among the civilian populace. Thousands lost their lives during the sinkings of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya, and the General von Steuben. The capital Königsberg surrendered on April 9, 1945, following the desperate four-day Battle of Königsberg. The exact number of civilian victims of the fight has never been determined but is estimated to be at least 300 000 with most of them dying under miserable conditions. However, most of the German inhabitants, which at that point consisted mainly of children, women, and old men, did escape the Red Army as part of the largest exodus of people in human history A population which had stood at 2.2 million in 1940 was reduced to 193,000 at the end of May 1945 |
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Assault on East Prussia 5/ 5
East Prussia German: Ostpreußen Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772--1829 and 1878--1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the German state of Prussia. The capital of East Prussia was Königsberg. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Poles and Prussian Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century on, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The Old Prussian language became extinct by the 17th century or early 18th century. In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia entered into a personal union with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, and was separated from Brandenburg by territory of Poland. Because the duchy was outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701. After the annexation of most of Polish Royal Prussia in the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, East Prussia was connected with the rest of the Prussian state and reorganized into the Province of East Prussia the following year. Between 1829 and 1878, the Province of East Prussia was joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia became the leading state of the German Empire after its creation in 1871. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I made East Prussia an exclave of Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was added to Lithuania. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was partitioned between Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Oblast), the People's Republic of Poland (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), and the Lithuanian SSR (the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region). The capital city Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population of the province largely evacuated during the war, during the years 1944--46, but an estimated 300.000 (around one fifth of the population) died due to war circumstances and the remainder were subsequently expelled. In 1944 the medieval city of Königsberg, which had never been severely damaged by warfare in its 700 years, was almost entirely destroyed by two Allied air raids on the night of 26/27 August 1944 and three nights later on the 29/30 August 1944. Winston Churchill (The Second World War, Book XII) erroneously considered the city "a modernised heavily defended fortress". Gauleiter Erich Koch protracted the evacuation of the German civilian population until the Eastern Front approached the East Prussian border in 1944. The population of the province had been systematically disinformed by Endsieg Nazi propaganda about the real military state of affairs. As a result many civilians fleeing westward were overtaken by retreating Wehrmacht units and the rapidly advancing Red Army. Reports of Soviet atrocities in the Nemmersdorf massacre of October 1944 and organised rape spread fear and desperation among the civilian populace. Thousands lost their lives during the sinkings of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya, and the General von Steuben. The capital Königsberg surrendered on April 9, 1945, following the desperate four-day Battle of Königsberg. The exact number of civilian victims of the fight has never been determined but is estimated to be at least 300 000 with most of them dying under miserable conditions. However, most of the German inhabitants, which at that point consisted mainly of children, women, and old men, did escape the Red Army as part of the largest exodus of people in human history A population which had stood at 2.2 million in 1940 was reduced to 193,000 at the end of May 1945 |
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Det er bare genialt main
funnnnnnyyy! Haha.. Miguel viser sig frem Enjoy! |
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Assault on East Prussia 3/ 5
East Prussia German: Ostpreußen Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772--1829 and 1878--1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the German state of Prussia. The capital of East Prussia was Königsberg. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Poles and Prussian Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century on, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The Old Prussian language became extinct by the 17th century or early 18th century. In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia entered into a personal union with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, and was separated from Brandenburg by territory of Poland. Because the duchy was outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701. After the annexation of most of Polish Royal Prussia in the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, East Prussia was connected with the rest of the Prussian state and reorganized into the Province of East Prussia the following year. Between 1829 and 1878, the Province of East Prussia was joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia became the leading state of the German Empire after its creation in 1871. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I made East Prussia an exclave of Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was added to Lithuania. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was partitioned between Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Oblast), the People's Republic of Poland (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), and the Lithuanian SSR (the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region). The capital city Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population of the province largely evacuated during the war, during the years 1944--46, but an estimated 300.000 (around one fifth of the population) died due to war circumstances and the remainder were subsequently expelled. In 1944 the medieval city of Königsberg, which had never been severely damaged by warfare in its 700 years, was almost entirely destroyed by two Allied air raids on the night of 26/27 August 1944 and three nights later on the 29/30 August 1944. Winston Churchill (The Second World War, Book XII) erroneously considered the city "a modernised heavily defended fortress". Gauleiter Erich Koch protracted the evacuation of the German civilian population until the Eastern Front approached the East Prussian border in 1944. The population of the province had been systematically disinformed by Endsieg Nazi propaganda about the real military state of affairs. As a result many civilians fleeing westward were overtaken by retreating Wehrmacht units and the rapidly advancing Red Army. Reports of Soviet atrocities in the Nemmersdorf massacre of October 1944 and organised rape spread fear and desperation among the civilian populace. Thousands lost their lives during the sinkings of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya, and the General von Steuben. The capital Königsberg surrendered on April 9, 1945, following the desperate four-day Battle of Königsberg. The exact number of civilian victims of the fight has never been determined but is estimated to be at least 300 000 with most of them dying under miserable conditions. However, most of the German inhabitants, which at that point consisted mainly of children, women, and old men, did escape the Red Army as part of the largest exodus of people in human history A population which had stood at 2.2 million in 1940 was reduced to 193,000 at the end of May 1945 |
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Assault on East Prussia 2/ 5
East Prussia German: Ostpreußen Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772--1829 and 1878--1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the German state of Prussia. The capital of East Prussia was Königsberg. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Poles and Prussian Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century on, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The Old Prussian language became extinct by the 17th century or early 18th century. In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia entered into a personal union with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, and was separated from Brandenburg by territory of Poland. Because the duchy was outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701. After the annexation of most of Polish Royal Prussia in the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, East Prussia was connected with the rest of the Prussian state and reorganized into the Province of East Prussia the following year. Between 1829 and 1878, the Province of East Prussia was joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia became the leading state of the German Empire after its creation in 1871. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I made East Prussia an exclave of Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was added to Lithuania. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was partitioned between Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Oblast), the People's Republic of Poland (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), and the Lithuanian SSR (the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region). The capital city Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population of the province largely evacuated during the war, during the years 1944--46, but an estimated 300.000 (around one fifth of the population) died due to war circumstances and the remainder were subsequently expelled. In 1944 the medieval city of Königsberg, which had never been severely damaged by warfare in its 700 years, was almost entirely destroyed by two Allied air raids on the night of 26/27 August 1944 and three nights later on the 29/30 August 1944. Winston Churchill (The Second World War, Book XII) erroneously considered the city "a modernised heavily defended fortress". Gauleiter Erich Koch protracted the evacuation of the German civilian population until the Eastern Front approached the East Prussian border in 1944. The population of the province had been systematically disinformed by Endsieg Nazi propaganda about the real military state of affairs. As a result many civilians fleeing westward were overtaken by retreating Wehrmacht units and the rapidly advancing Red Army. Reports of Soviet atrocities in the Nemmersdorf massacre of October 1944 and organised rape spread fear and desperation among the civilian populace. Thousands lost their lives during the sinkings of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya, and the General von Steuben. The capital Königsberg surrendered on April 9, 1945, following the desperate four-day Battle of Königsberg. The exact number of civilian victims of the fight has never been determined but is estimated to be at least 300 000 with most of them dying under miserable conditions. However, most of the German inhabitants, which at that point consisted mainly of children, women, and old men, did escape the Red Army as part of the largest exodus of people in human history A population which had stood at 2.2 million in 1940 was reduced to 193,000 at the end of May 1945 |
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Assault on East Prussia 4/ 5
East Prussia German: Ostpreußen Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija or Rytprūsiai; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия or Vostochnaya Prussiya) refers to the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to 1945. From 1772--1829 and 1878--1945, the Province of East Prussia was a province of the German state of Prussia. The capital of East Prussia was Königsberg. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. The indigenous Balts who survived the conquest were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Poles and Prussian Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century on, East Prussia was part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, which became the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The Old Prussian language became extinct by the 17th century or early 18th century. In 1618 the Duchy of Prussia entered into a personal union with the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, and was separated from Brandenburg by territory of Poland. Because the duchy was outside of the Holy Roman Empire, the prince-electors of Brandenburg were able to proclaim themselves kings in Prussia beginning in 1701. After the annexation of most of Polish Royal Prussia in the First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, East Prussia was connected with the rest of the Prussian state and reorganized into the Province of East Prussia the following year. Between 1829 and 1878, the Province of East Prussia was joined with West Prussia to form the Province of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia became the leading state of the German Empire after its creation in 1871. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I made East Prussia an exclave of Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was added to Lithuania. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was partitioned between Soviet Union (the Kaliningrad Oblast), the People's Republic of Poland (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), and the Lithuanian SSR (the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region). The capital city Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population of the province largely evacuated during the war, during the years 1944--46, but an estimated 300.000 (around one fifth of the population) died due to war circumstances and the remainder were subsequently expelled. In 1944 the medieval city of Königsberg, which had never been severely damaged by warfare in its 700 years, was almost entirely destroyed by two Allied air raids on the night of 26/27 August 1944 and three nights later on the 29/30 August 1944. Winston Churchill (The Second World War, Book XII) erroneously considered the city "a modernised heavily defended fortress". Gauleiter Erich Koch protracted the evacuation of the German civilian population until the Eastern Front approached the East Prussian border in 1944. The population of the province had been systematically disinformed by Endsieg Nazi propaganda about the real military state of affairs. As a result many civilians fleeing westward were overtaken by retreating Wehrmacht units and the rapidly advancing Red Army. Reports of Soviet atrocities in the Nemmersdorf massacre of October 1944 and organised rape spread fear and desperation among the civilian populace. Thousands lost their lives during the sinkings of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the Goya, and the General von Steuben. The capital Königsberg surrendered on April 9, 1945, following the desperate four-day Battle of Königsberg. The exact number of civilian victims of the fight has never been determined but is estimated to be at least 300 000 with most of them dying under miserable conditions. However, most of the German inhabitants, which at that point consisted mainly of children, women, and old men, did escape the Red Army as part of the largest exodus of people in human history A population which had stood at 2.2 million in 1940 was reduced to 193,000 at the end of May 1945 |
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