In 1919 Memel City and its hinterland were separated from East Prussia. The unit comprised an area of 945 square miles and a population of 150,000 (25,000 Germans and 125,000 who consider themselves ...

Because Memel has the world’s most complex electoral system, each of the 29 seats had to be voted for on a separate ballot by each of Memers 80,000 voters, making over 2,000.000 ballots.

Germany's Army Group North led by Colonel General Ferdinand Schörner found themselves stranded within Latvia's Courland ...

With the consent and recognition of the Allies, Lithuania, after taking Memel by force, decides to keep it. Memel is a seaport on the Baltic that formerly belonged to Germany. After the war it was ...

Thousands of refugees from Memel face return to Germany as a result of conferences going on here between German and Lithuanian Government representatives over citizenship of the persons who fled ...

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 ...