The Klaipėda Region or Memel Territory was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put u
Banknote of emergency money from 1922 issued and used in Memel
Postage stamps of the Klaipėda Region in use between 1920 and 1925. The upper stamp is French with an overprint in German "MEMEL". The other stamps are Lithuanian, one with an overprint in Lithuanian and in German, the other without. The latter one was issued especially for postal use in the Klaipėda Region.
The first trial of the Nazis in Europe, which took place in Kaunas in 1935. The accused claimed that the Klaipėda Region should be part of Germany, not Lithuania, and spread propaganda, prepared for an armed uprising.
President Smetona Avenue was renamed Adolf Hitler Street in 1939
East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878, with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871; following World War I, it formed part of
Klaipėda Region
…German: Memelland or Memelgebiet) was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put under the administration of the Entente's Council of Ambassadors. The Memel Territory, together with other areas severed…
East prussia weimar and 3rd reich
Ethnic settlement in East Prussia by the 14th century
Statue of Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach (last Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, first Duke of Prussia) in Malbork Castle
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau in February 1807