In later times, as the most northerly city of East Prussia, Memel lay in an isolated cul-de-sac, separated from its natural sources of trade and supply. Tilsit, of Napoleonic fame, about forty-five ...

With the help of a map, John showed David that Memel is now known as Klaip?da. At the time, Lithuania was part of East Prussia. David now turned to his extended family still living in South Africa ...