The final collapse of East Prussia ended with the slow destruction of Königsberg once a symbol of Prussian power and German history. This episode examines the siege bombardment and surrender that ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,992,538-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Amber Room What it’s about: An entire room that was stolen by the Nazis. (The real Nazis ...

THE FATE OF Dresden during the second world war is well-known. A devastating allied campaign of air raids left the Baroque city centre in ruins; an estimated 25,000 people died, most of them women and ...

Say hello to Kaliningrad. This Russian city is more famous in the English-speaking world as Königsberg, a major center of East Prussia, birthplace of Immanuel Kant, and setting of “The Seven Bridges ...

Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1953-10-01/konigsberg-1945-1948https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1953-10-01 ...

Michael G. Jacob, under the pseudonym of Michael Gregorio, writes, along with his Italian wife, Daniela De Gregorio, a historical mystery series influenced by the ideas of Prussian philosopher ...

All Jewish lawyers were driven out of court in Koenigsberg, Prussia, today, while Jewish lawyers in Berlin received the polite warning to refrain from appearing in courts here “for their own safety.” ...