The beautiful 62-mile road that saved the world's oldest Indo-European language
This road dates back to the early 13th century and has played a key role in saving one of the world's oldest languages.
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Russia's European territory 270 miles from the border surrounded by NATO countries
Kaliningrad Oblast is a semi-enclave of the Russian Federation on the Baltic Sea, lying between Poland and Lithuania, and is ...
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The block of land in Europe owned by Russia - despite being 270 miles from rest of country
It is a semi-enclave on the Baltic Sea beside Poland and Lituania. The territory was formerly the northern part of East Prussia; the remaining southern part of the province is today part of the ...
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Hitler's East Prussia (2008)
The story of East Prussia is the story of an eternal outpost. Prussia has always played a special role in Europe: as an island away from the German Empire, as a stronghold, as the home of a people ...
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9000 Drowned - Sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff
It’s January 30th, 1945, and a 10-year-old boy named Horst Woit is fleeing the war. Germany is losing, and the Russians are ...
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Battle of Tannenberg: 26-30 August 1914
Allied with France and Britain, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander, agreed to help relieve the French, under attack from Germany, with an offensive in East Prussia. This required mobility ...
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Ehrlich finds cure for syphilis
Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) was born in East Prussia (now Poland), the son of a lottery-office keeper. He went to the University of Leipzig to pursue a career in medicine. By the time he graduated in ...