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East Prussia

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East Prussia
A historical region and former province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea in present-day Poland and Russia. From 1919 to 1939 it was separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor. After World War II the area was divided between Poland and the USSR.
East Prussia
n
(Placename) a former province of NE Germany on the Baltic Sea: separated in 1919 from the rest of Germany by the Polish Corridor and Danzig: in 1945 Poland received the south part, the Soviet Union the north German name Ostpreussen [ostˈprɔysən]
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It was the capital of the German territory of East Prussia -- locals now make jokes about living in "pRussia" -- which was split between Poland and the Soviet Union after World War II.
Russian city hunts for purged German roots by AFP / AFP Global Edition
net IN JULY 1944, German dictator Adolf Hitler escaped death when a bomb exploded at his headquarters in Rastenberg, East Prussia.
RememberWhen? by Birmingham Mail (England)
1944: An assassination attempt on Hitler was made by a German staff officer, Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, at Rastenberg, East Prussia.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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