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 became a mandate of the League of Nations. It was placed under provisional French administration until a more permanent solution could be worked out. Lithuania wanted to unite with the region due to its large Lithuanian-speaking population of Prussian Lithuanians and major port of Klaipėda (Memel) – the only viable access to the Baltic Sea for Lithuania. As the Conference of Ambassadors favoured leaving the region as a free city, similar to the Free City of Danzig, the Lithuanians organized and staged a revolt.
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
Klaipėda
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Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest city in Lithuania, the fifth largest city in the Baltic States and the capital of Klaipėda County, as well as the only major seaport in the country.
Image: Quite summer evening in the port city Klaipeda
Image: Klaipėdos universitetas, SMF
Image: Klaipéda Der Kunsthof (18. Jahrhundert)
Image: Lithuania Klaipeda 1