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	[[File:East Prussia Preußischen Allgemeinen 4 Dec 2020.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Recent Prussian newspaper calls for the castle to be rebuilt, 4 Dec 2020.]]		[[File:East Prussia Preußischen Allgemeinen 4 Dec 2020.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Recent Prussian newspaper calls for the castle to be rebuilt, 4 Dec 2020.]]
	[[File:General_Otto_Lasch.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|General [[Otto Lasch]]]]		[[File:General_Otto_Lasch.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|General [[Otto Lasch]]]]
	The [[Bombing of Königsberg in World War II\|''Bombing of Königsberg'']] was a series of attacks made upon the city of Königsberg in [[East Prussia]] during [[World War II]]. The Soviet Air Force had made several minor raids on the city after 1941, but it was the extensive terror attacks carried out by the [[Royal Air Force]] Bomber Command that destroyed almost all of the city's historic quarters dating back 800 years, in August 1944, killing many thousands of the civilian population. This was one of many bloody war crimes of British ''"strategic"'' bombing during World War II. German-~~Jewish~~ author and musician Michael Wieck, a native of Königsberg, wrote in ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'' that "the people of Königsberg shall never expunge these nights of terror from their memory."		The [[Bombing of Königsberg in World War II\|''Bombing of Königsberg'']] was a series of attacks made upon the city of Königsberg in [[East Prussia]] during [[World War II]]. The Soviet Air Force had made several minor raids on the city after 1941, but it was the extensive terror attacks carried out by the [[Royal Air Force]] Bomber Command that destroyed almost all of the city's historic quarters dating back 800 years, in August 1944, killing many thousands of the civilian population. This was one of many bloody war crimes of British ''"strategic"'' bombing during World War II. German-jewish author and musician Michael Wieck, a native of Königsberg, wrote in ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'' that "the people of Königsberg shall never expunge these nights of terror from their memory."

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	*Turnbull, Stephen, ''Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights: The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230–1466'', Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2003, p.64, ISBN 1-84176-557-0.		*Turnbull, Stephen, ''Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights: The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230–1466'', Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2003, p.64, ISBN 1-84176-557-0.
	*Urban, William, ''The Teutonic Knights: A Military History'', Greenhill Books, London, 2003, p.290, ISBN 1-85367-535-0.		*Urban, William, ''The Teutonic Knights: A Military History'', Greenhill Books, London, 2003, p.290, ISBN 1-85367-535-0.
	*Wieck, Michael, ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'': Memoirs of a Certified ~~Jew~~, University of Wisconsin Press, 2003, ISBN 0-299-18544-3.		*Wieck, Michael, ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'': Memoirs of a Certified jew, University of Wisconsin Press, 2003, ISBN 0-299-18544-3.

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	[[File:Königsberg, 1850.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|250px\|Königsberg in 1850]]		[[File:Königsberg, 1850.png\|thumb\|250px\|Königsberg in 1850]]
	[[File:East Prussia Koenigsberg castle from air 1925.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|right\|250px\|The city centre from the air in 1925, Königsberg Schloss in the centre.]]		[[File:East Prussia Koenigsberg castle from air 1925.png\|thumb\|right\|250px\|The city centre from the air in 1925, Königsberg Schloss in the centre.]]
	[[File:East Prussia Koenigsberg University (Albertina).~~jpg~~\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Königsberg University, the Albertina ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigliche_Albertus-Universit%C3%A4t_zu_K%C3%B6nigsberg_in_Preu%C3%9Fen de]) which was destroyed.]]		[[File:East Prussia Koenigsberg University (Albertina).png\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Königsberg University, the Albertina ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigliche_Albertus-Universit%C3%A4t_zu_K%C3%B6nigsberg_in_Preu%C3%9Fen de]) which was destroyed.]]
	'''Königsberg''', on the river Pregel, was the capital city of [[East Prussia]] until May 1945. The city was founded about 1255 by the [[Teutonic Knights\|Teutonic Order]] who named it after their then ally, King Premysl Otakar II of [[Bohemia]]. Königsberg was the largest [[Germany\|German]] city in the east until it was conquered and largely destroyed by the [[Soviet Union]] on 9 April 1945 during [[World War II]] after a heroic struggle by the defenders. In 1946 the Soviet Union renamed the city [[Kaliningrad Oblast\|Kaliningrad]] after an old [[Bolshevik]].<ref>Mikhail Kalinin, Mayor of St.Petersburg after the revolution. Kalinin eventually became the titular head of the new Soviet state, as well as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Politburo.</ref> It remains under Russian occupation.		'''Königsberg''', on the river Pregel, was the capital city of [[East Prussia]] until May 1945. The city was founded about 1255 by the [[Teutonic Knights\|Teutonic Order]] who named it after their then ally, King Premysl Otakar II of [[Bohemia]]. Königsberg was the largest [[Germany\|German]] city in the east until it was conquered and largely destroyed by the [[Soviet Union]] on 9 April 1945 during [[World War II]] after a heroic struggle by the defenders. In 1946 the Soviet Union renamed the city [[Kaliningrad Oblast\|Kaliningrad]] after an old [[Bolshevik]].<ref>Mikhail Kalinin, Mayor of St.Petersburg after the revolution. Kalinin eventually became the titular head of the new Soviet state, as well as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Politburo.</ref> It remains under Russian occupation.

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	===Castle===		===Castle===
	[[File:Koenigsberg Schloss & Konig Wilhelm Platz in colour.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Königsberg Schloss & Bismarkplatz before August 1944]]		[[File:Koenigsberg Schloss & Konig Wilhelm Platz in colour.png\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Königsberg Schloss & Bismarkplatz before August 1944]]
	The thirteenth century Königsberg Castle was one of the landmarks of the [[East Prussia]]n capital and was an ''Ordensburg'' of the [[Teutonic Knights\|Teutonic Order]]. The Order's original castle became quite extensive and was frequently altered in the 16th to 18th centuries. The tower was 330 feet high. The west wing contained the Schloss-Kirche, where Frederick I King of Prussia was crowned in 1701, and Wilhelm 1st in 1861. The Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg and his court retired to Königsberg castle after the Napoleonic disasters of 1807, when schemes by Baron von Stein and von Humboldt were zealously canvassed for the resurrection of Prussia. It is also well-known for containing the apartments of Queen Louise of Prussia.		The thirteenth century Königsberg Castle was one of the landmarks of the [[East Prussia]]n capital and was an ''Ordensburg'' of the [[Teutonic Knights\|Teutonic Order]]. The Order's original castle became quite extensive and was frequently altered in the 16th to 18th centuries. The tower was 330 feet high. The west wing contained the Schloss-Kirche, where Frederick I King of Prussia was crowned in 1701, and Wilhelm 1st in 1861. The Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg and his court retired to Königsberg castle after the Napoleonic disasters of 1807, when schemes by Baron von Stein and von Humboldt were zealously canvassed for the resurrection of Prussia. It is also well-known for containing the apartments of Queen Louise of Prussia.

	===Destruction in World War II===		===Destruction in World War II===
	[[File:Königsberg - 1000 years of historic culture destroyed by the RAF.~~jpg~~\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Königsberg schlöss - 800 years of historic culture destroyed by the [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]]]]		[[File:Königsberg - 1000 years of historic culture destroyed by the RAF.png\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Königsberg schlöss - 800 years of historic culture destroyed by the [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]]]]
	[[File:East Prussia Preußischen Allgemeinen 4 Dec 2020.~~jpg~~\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Recent Prussian newspaper calls for the castle to be rebuilt, 4 Dec 2020.]]		[[File:East Prussia Preußischen Allgemeinen 4 Dec 2020.png\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Recent Prussian newspaper calls for the castle to be rebuilt, 4 Dec 2020.]]
	[[File:General_Otto_Lasch.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|250px\|General [[Otto Lasch]]]]		[[File:General_Otto_Lasch.png\|thumb\|250px\|General [[Otto Lasch]]]]
	The [[Bombing of Königsberg in World War II\|''Bombing of Königsberg'']] was a series of attacks made upon the city of Königsberg in [[East Prussia]] during [[World War II]]. The Soviet Air Force had made several minor raids on the city after 1941, but it was the extensive terror attacks carried out by the [[Royal Air Force]] Bomber Command that destroyed almost all of the city's historic quarters dating back 800 years, in August 1944, killing many thousands of the civilian population. This was one of many bloody war crimes of British ''"strategic"'' bombing during World War II. German-jewish author and musician Michael Wieck, a native of Königsberg, wrote in ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'' that "the people of Königsberg shall never expunge these nights of terror from their memory."		The [[Bombing of Königsberg in World War II\|''Bombing of Königsberg'']] was a series of attacks made upon the city of Königsberg in [[East Prussia]] during [[World War II]]. The Soviet Air Force had made several minor raids on the city after 1941, but it was the extensive terror attacks carried out by the [[Royal Air Force]] Bomber Command that destroyed almost all of the city's historic quarters dating back 800 years, in August 1944, killing many thousands of the civilian population. This was one of many bloody war crimes of British ''"strategic"'' bombing during World War II. German-jewish author and musician Michael Wieck, a native of Königsberg, wrote in ''A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin'' that "the people of Königsberg shall never expunge these nights of terror from their memory."