Known as one of the last major battles of the Second World War in the territory of Lithuania, the seizing of the town of Memel (now Klaipėda) took place between 1944–1945. Memel and Memelland had been ...

Jewish residents of Memel, semi-autonomous German district of Lithuania, are leaving the territory en masse, the National Zeitung of Essen reported today, declaring the Jews are transferring their ...

The complaint that the Jews of Memel are keeping themselves aloof from national and cultural Jewish life is voiced today in the local newspaper Dos Folk. Memel is not only a Lithuanian problem ...

The day after the recent Memel election, Lithuania’s President Antanas Smetona was inaugurated for his fourth term, remarked “we small countries must be careful.” Since the election—in ...