East Prussia
Baltic German region
East Prussia was a historical German province on the Baltic Sea, separated from the rest of Germany by the Polish Corridor after World War I.
Once the heartland of the Prussian state, it was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union after World War II, with its German population expelled.
The Soviet portion is now Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.
Medieval German military order
- Frederick the GreatEnlightened Prussian king
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
- Weimar RepublicGermany's 1919-1933 parliamentary government
Removal from usual location
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
ethnic cleansing · lost homeland · repatriation · memory · nostalgia
Hardened ancient tree secretion
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- maritimeOf the sea
- portsShip berths or device jacks
- coastalOf the shoreline
shipbuilding · seafaring · herring · Hanseatic · trade routes · smoked fish
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- Operation BarbarossaNazi Soviet invasion
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
Königsberg
Historic Baltic port city
- KaliningradRussian Baltic exclave
Teutonic Knights
Medieval German military order
- Frederick the GreatEnlightened Prussian king
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
displacement
Removal from usual location
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
resettlement · ethnic cleansing · lost homeland · repatriation · memory · nostalgia
amber
Hardened ancient tree secretion
coastal · shipbuilding · seafaring · herring · Hanseatic · trade routes · smoked fish
Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany's armed forces
- Operation BarbarossaNazi Soviet invasion
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- evacuationRemoval from danger
East PrussiaRhineland
Western German river region
Westphalia · Alsace · Baden · Palatinate · Schleswig-Holstein
East Prussiamodern Germany
Central European nation today
Bavaria · West Germany · Schleswig-Holstein · Saxony · Hamburg