East Prussia

East Prussia (German: Ostpreußen; Lithuanian: Ryt? Pr?sija; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: ????????? ??????? — Vostochnaya Prussiya; Dutch: Oost-Pruisen; Spanish: Prusia Oriental;) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and of the German Empire, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. Today the northern part of East Prussia, with the exception of the "Memelland" which is now part of Lithuania, corresponds to Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast (Königsberg); the southern parts form Poland's Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodship. East Prussia enclosed the bulk of the ancient ancestral lands of the Baltic Prussians.

Nazi reign

The Nazis altered about 1/3 of the toponymy of the area, eliminating all names of Polish or Lithuanian origin in 1938. Activist members of minorities with Polish roots (see Mazurs) who did not co-operate with the new rulers were sent to concentration camps.

Related Topics:
Nazis - 1938 - Mazur - Concentration camps

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