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Eastern Prussia was a battlefield during World War I years. And right from here, on September 1, 1939, began the spark of fire for the coming of the second world war. And in 1941, Eastern Prussia invaded Soviet soil with a powerful military onslaught, unleashing a grip of heavy burden, tragedy, and torture into the Soviet pre-Baltic and also the inhabitants of Leningrad, Pskov, and the Novgorod regions. Right from the very first days of the second world war, Eastern Prussia was completely transformed into a diabolic system of concentration camp strongholds for captured military people, and became a cruel prison for the young and females, who were brought from many European countries. In the first place, from the Soviet Union. And, aha! Now, after the winter of 1945, Soviet forces captured the descendants of these royal hounds in their very own doghouse!

Hovhannes Bagramyan#7

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker describes Eastern Prussia as a source of war and a concentration camp, ending with the capture of German forces there.
In plain terms
The speaker says Eastern Prussia started wars and held prisoners, then was taken by the Soviet forces.
What can you take from it?
History shows a region was used for war and punishment, then conquered.

Where it applies

  • post-war rhetoric
  • historical debate
  • political speeches

Putting it to work

  • analyzing wartime propaganda
  • studying post-war narratives

Questions to consider

  • How should enemies be treated after war?
  • What is the purpose of capturing enemy land?

Another view

It uses emotional language that may obscure objective facts.

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