Sunday, April 6, 2008
Prussia after WWII
After World War I, West Prussia was lost to Poland, and East Prussia was separated from the rest of German Prussia in 1919, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The other provinces of Prussia between the two World Wars were Rhine, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Berlin, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Hannover, Westphalia, Grenzmark Posen-Westpreussen, Hessen-Nassau, and Hohenzollern, and Silesia. In 1947, after World War II, Prussia was abolished as a political unit and, with the exception of East Prussia, split into different parts of the four zones of occupation in Germany, which was controlled by France, Great Britain, the United States, and USSR. The northeastern part of East Prussia was annexed by the USSR, and the remainder was put under Polish control. Berlin was the capital of Prussia prior to World War II, and the principal cities included Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Magdeburg, and Königsber. The state of Prussia was legally abolished in 1947 by the Allied Control Council, a group formed after World War II to resolve issues relating to Germany.
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One has to ask: was that abolishment legal? Would the ICJ approve of it?
ok being my mother was born in 44 and in Konigsberg witch is now Stalingrad (correct me if im wrong). shortly after her birth my oma was abandoned by her husband left to fend for her child and i cant imagine what the woman face protection herself her daughter my (MOM) her home her entire life history my mom first memory was my Oma hearing something grab my mom and run out the back door that lead to a forest were she would hid my mother in some bushes and go and protect what she could by getting th soot from the fireplace and make herself look old and dirty to trick the soldiers to think she was old and not very attractive witch she probably learned to do this after being caught once or twice in the beginning her costum allowed her to sneak into sneaking into there encampment to dig in there garbage for scraps to feed mom and herself until she was no longer able to stay safe and forced to leave eveything and jump to a train to Bavairia so i will ask the question above was it legal ??? did the IGC approve it ? is there any resourses avaten photos ilable to help me research this event and to be able to spread my mother ashes hopefully were she was born she had a small book with about ten family phots she was able to get thur others over her life in that place at that time
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