On 20 March 1939, Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop presented an oral ultimatum to Juozas Urbšys, foreign minister of Lithuania. Germany demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipė
Hitler making a speech in Memel the day after the ultimatum was accepted
German warships in the port of Klaipėda the day after the ultimatum was accepted
Klaipėda Revolt
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The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region. The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from East Prussia, German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles and becam
1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
…a decision and it seemed that the region would remain a free state much like the Free City of Danzig, Lithuania took the initiative and organized the Klaipėda Revolt in January 1923. Soviet Russia and Germany supported the action. The region, as an autonomous territory with its own parliament (Klaipėda Parliament…
Participants of the Klaipėda Revolt in Klaipėda, Lithuania, 1923
Emergency money (notgeld) issued in the Klaipėda Region in 1922 to combat inflation
Two Lithuanian posters: the left one is depicting the unification of Lithuania proper and Lithuania Minor, while the right one is depicting the connection of the Port of Klaipėda with New York City
Bilingual manifest of January 9, 1923, whereby SCSLM proclaims itself the only governing power in the region