Tag Archives: Konigsberg
Ethnic Cleansing By Any Other Name
Russia’s unprovoked and devastating war with Ukraine with as many as 12 million refugees on the move in and outside Ukraine brings to mind another massive refugee crisis in Eastern Europe, when at the end of WWII at the July … Continue reading
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Tagged East Prussia, Ethnic Cleansing, expulsions, Germany, Harry Truman, Josef Stalin, Kaliningrad Oblast, Konigsberg, Potsdam Agreement, Winston Churchill, WW2
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Death on the Amber Shore
Warning: This, sadly, is a true story of incredible cruelty that you will not be able to get easily out of your mind once you have read it. It is one of many similar acts of unimaginable savagery making up the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Grube, death march, East Prussia, Holocaust, Jews, Konigsberg, Maria Blitz, Martin Bergau, Massacre at Palmnicken, Nazi Germany
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