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| 3286-Kultur und Stadthistorisches Museum, Duisburg | 3288-Lorenz Grimoni and Manfred Ehrich, Museum Stadt Königsberg |
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| 3314-Museum Stadt Königsberg, Duisburg | 3315-Museum Stadt Königsberg, Duisburg |
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| 3364-First discussions | 3367-Loading our bus |
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| 3371-Afternoon coffee break | 3372-Dirk prepares to drive on |
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| 3377-Picking up passengers at Schönefeld Airport, Berlin | 3383-Dinner at Hotel Gromada, Schneidemühl (Piła) |
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| 3384-Schneidemühl (Piła), from hotel window | 3386-Hotel Gromada, Schneidemühl (Piła) |
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| 3413-CANPOL tourist complex near Schlochau (Człuchów) | 3414-Some gas stations are quite elaborate |
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| 3447-Marienburg (Malbork) by the Nogat | 3458-Schloßkirche, Marienburg (Malbork) |
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| 3477-Nikolaikirche on the Elbing River, Elbing (Elbląg) | 3478-Old farmhouse and post office near Heiligenbeil (Mamonowo) |
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| 3482-First view of the Frisches Haff beyond unused farmland | 3487-A lonely cow among small backyard garden plots |
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| 3489-Your sacrifice is immortal and will live forever, 1945 | 3491-Lonely houses in a field of weeds overlook the Frisches Haff |
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| 3497-Another old farmhouse | 3503-A lonely cow feeds near the Frisches Haff |
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| 3515-Khrushchev houses on the Berliner Straße, Königsberg | 3516-Rail lines to Pillau and Cranz viewed from the Berliner Straße |
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| 3518-Brandenburger Tor | 3522-Brombergstraße, looking NW down Österreichische Straße |
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| 3527-Unterlaak, from the bridge over the Kneiphof | 3529-Steindamm at Kniprodestraße |
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| 3532-Oh, those beers were welcome! | 3533-Dinner at Hotel Universal, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) |
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| 3538-Promenade near Hotel Grand Palace, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3541-The wealthy have resort homes here |
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| 3544-The locals next to the wealthy, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3547-Hotel Universal, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) |
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| 3548-Hotel Universal, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3549-Julius Rupp house (grandfather of Kathe Kollwitz), Rauschen |
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| 3550-Our wonderful tour guide, Nadia Fetkewitsch | 3551-Lighthouse, Pillau (Baltijsk) |
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| 3556-Peter the Great, Pillau (Baltijsk) | 3558-Frische Nehrung and ship canal (left), seen from Pillau (Baltijsk) |
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| 3561-Irena, our tour guide in Pillau | 3568-Glory to the Baltic Navy - reviewing stand, Pillau (Baltijsk) |
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| 3571-Garnisonskirche, Pillau (Baltijsk) | 3574-Garnisonskirche, now Orthodox |
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| 3575-Entrance to the fortress, Pillau (Baltijsk) | 3577-The Legende sing Ännchen von Tharau |
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| 3597-International cemetery, Deutscher Volksbund, Pillau (Baltijsk) | 3601-Buried here in the dunes include unnamed from the Gustloff |
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| 3609-Elizabeth 1 (1709-1762) | 3613-Manfred photographing Irena |
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| 3634-Amber factory store, Palmnicken (Jantarny) | 3635-Amber factory, Palmnicken (Jantarny) |
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| 3639-Palmnicken (Jantarny) | 3646-Dunes at Palmnicken, beneath the Anna mine, opened 1875 |
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| 3649-Coast at Palmnicken (Jantarny) at massacre site | 3662-Kathe Kollwitz tablet on the Julius Rupp house, Rauschen |
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| 3676-Grand Hotel Palace, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3678-Prominade, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) |
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| 3681-Elevator, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3683-Beach, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) |
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| 3686-Train station, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3688-Neglected park, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) |
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| 3689-New building, Rauschen (Svetlogorsk) | 3690-Sculpture in Rauschen, near Georgenswalde |
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| 3691-Lenin and Stalin, Brachert Museum, Georgenswalde (Otradnoje) | 3692-Garden, Brachert Museum, Georgenswalde (Otradnoje) |
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| 3693-Sculptures, Brachert Museum, Georgenswalde (Otradnoje) | 3695-Brachert Museum, Georgenswalde (Otradnoje) |
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| 3697-Sculptures, Brachert Museum, Georgenswalde (Otradnoje) | 3704-Bohlwerksgasse, Königsberg, next to Hundegatt |
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| 3707-Stock Exchange behind the bridge over the Pregel and Kneiphof | 3709-Ships in front of World Ocean Museum |
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| 3714-Packhaus (warehouse), now an exhibition hall of the Museum | 3736-World Ocean Museum staff: Anton Shepelev, Olga Klimenko, Elena Ryabkova, Elizabeth Velmyakina with Manfred Ehrich |
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| 3745-Research ship Vityaz seen from the World Ocean Museum | 3752-World Ocean Museum exhibition hall |
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| 3758-Empty government building on the site of the former castle, fountain directly over the former Schloßkirche |
3766-Bergplatz |
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| 3773-Kreuz Apotheke and old apartments, Königstraße 73-75 | 3776-Site of Kunst- und Gewerkschule (center, rear), Königstraße 57 |
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| 3782-Schloßteich | 3786-Memorial to the French pilots in the East Prussian operation |
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| 3792-Kant (Rauch, 1857) | 3793-Kant University (Albertina) |
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| 3794-Lasch bunker near the Kant University | 3802-Steindamm at Kniprodestraße |
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| 3805-Steindamm | 3806-In 1956 the Kaliningrad region officially became part of the USSR |
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| 3810-Nordbahnhof | 3813-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (at site of the Ostmesse) |
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| 3817-T-shirts, any language | 3818-Concession at the celebration |
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| 3820-Fair at the World Ocean Museum | 3830-Dance school director Nina Wall, with Manfred |
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| 3854-Manfred and Elisabeth at the World Ocean Museum | 3864-Manfred concentrates on his talk |
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| 3881-Manfred being interviewed | 3885-At Manfred's Iceland exhibition |
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| 3897-Continuous entertainment in front of the Vityaz | 3901-Manfred greeting the Legende |
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| 3909-Kant and friend greet the celebrants on this day | 3911-The Legende in performance |
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| 3917-Nina Wall with dance troup | 3920-Young rock stars |
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| 3926-Irena joins in the celebration | 3933-Follow me! |
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| 3935-A folk group provides traditional music | 3946-Cossack dancer |
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| 3949-The rubble of the Kneiphof lies beneath a park | 3967-The entrance to the Königsberger Dom |
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| 3969-Herzog Albrecht, grandmaster of the Teutonic Order (Reusch, 1891) |
3970-Kant's tomb behind the cathedral |
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| 3972-Julius Rupp, theologian, grandfather of Käthe Kollwitz (Kollwitz, 1909) |
3973-Cathedral, side view |
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| 3974-Honigbrücke, undamaged | 3981-Königsberger Dom |
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| 3986-Haberberger Neue Gasse, where Manfred's grandfather lived | 3990-Hauptbahnhof, main train station |
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| 3992-Reichsplatz, in front of the Hauptbahnhof | 4000-Celebrations in front of the World Ocean Museum |
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| 4007-Our hangout at Hotel Kaliningrad | 4014-100,000 happy Kaliningraders wait for the fireworks |
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| 4028-Fish for sale at a market in Taplacken (Talpaki) | 4029-Bananas for 38 Rubles in Taplacken |
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| 4030-Fresh vegetables at the market in Taplacken | 4031-More produce for sale in Taplacken |
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| 4033-An old manor in Taplacken | 4038-A nursery near Dachsfelde, water tower with stork nest |
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| 4044-Another WW2 memorial near Kreuzingen (Bolschakowo) | 4050-Old building in Tilsit (Sowetsk) |
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| 4058-Tilsit's moose (Vordermaier, 1911) | 4061-Old façade in Tilsit (Sowetsk) |
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| 4066-Old façade in Tilsit (Sowetsk) | 4067-Old façade on a trade school in Tilsit (Sowetsk) |
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| 4068-Old façade in Tilsit (Sowetsk) | 4069-Maintenance of the old houses is problematic |
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| 4070-Writer Max von Schenkendorf was born here | 4072-Everyone is looking at the von Schenkendorf tablet |
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| 4076-Queen Louise bridge to Lithuania over the Memel | 4094-The Ehrich cousins, Manfred, Roger, and Klaus |
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| 4097-Showplace of the Trakehener horses, Georgenburg (Majowka) | 4098-The group is anxious to see the horses |
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| 4100-Stud farm showing reconstructed office/hotel | 4101-Typical horse stalls in Georgenburg (Majowka) |
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| 4117-Training in progress | 4118-More of the reconstructed stables in Georgenburg |
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| 4121-Closeup of one of the horses | 4141-View toward the entrance to the Königsberger Dom |
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| 4142-Dom organist Artjom Chatschaturow beneath the smaller organ | 4143-The smaller dom organ, Königsberger Dom |
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| 4145-The Schuke main organ, Königsberger Dom | 4154-Applause at the conclusion of the St. John Passion |
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| 4157-Dohnaturm, Königsberg, 1857 (Bernsteinmuseum) | 4158-Roßgärter Tor, Königsberg |
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| 4163-Königstor, Königsberg (sculptures by Stürmer, 1847) | 4168-A shopping plaza just east of Königsberg |
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| 4170-Katharinenkirche, Arnau (Marjino), 1322 | 4173-Restoration work on the historic church interior |
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| 4182-The Pregel, seen from the Katharinenkirche | 4183-Memorial to Theodor von Schön, whose family is buried in Arnau |
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| 4186-Nadia and Lena, the school director in Waldau (Nisowje) | 4187-Elementary school in Waldau, Willy Skulimma's home town |
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| 4190-The kids have come to greet us in Waldau (Nisowje) | 4200-More of Willy's kids in Waldau |
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| 4215-Time for a song | 4228-The Neue Burgschule, 1927, Gimnasium No. 1, Königsberg |
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| 4237-A corridor inside the Neue Burgschule | 4250-The heads by sculptor William Ehrich, destroyed in 1945 |
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| 4252-Relief on the former Kunstakademie by Stanislaus Cauer | 4253-The former Kunstakademie, now Skola 21 (Lahrs, 1909-1919) |
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| 4255-The beautiful main corridor of Skola 21 | 4259-Another Cauer relief, now by a drainage ditch near Skola 21 |
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| 4260-Another view of the Königsberger Dom | 4268-View down the Pregel toward the Kneiphof and the Honigbrücke |
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| 4270-Kant tablet on the Kantstraße near the Hotel Kaliningrad at the castle west entrance (after Lahrs, 1904) |
4271-Hotel Kaliningrad |
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| 4274-Housing developments near Cranz (Selenogradsk) | 4275-More houses going up in Cranz |
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| 4280-Major construction in Cranz | 4284-Local houses in Sarkau (Lesnoje) |
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| 4286-Short promenade along the Baltic at Sarkau | 4287-View of the Baltic south from Sarkau toward Cranz |
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| 4289-Collecting some stones at Sarkau (Lesnoje) | 4301-At Rossitten (Rybatschi), more deals on amber |
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| 4306-Explanation of the ornithological research program at Rossitten | 4307-One of the bird nets at Rossitten (Rybatschi) |
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| 4318-A bird about to be banded | 4320-A Vodka before lunch, near Rossitten on the Kurisches Haff |
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| 4327-Relaxing after a fine lunch of fresh fish at Altrimo, near Rossitten | 4329-The Epha dunes near Pillkoppen (Morskoje) looking south |
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| 4331-The pine forest on the Kurische Nehrung, near the Epha dunes | 4332-View north to Pillkoppen and Nidden far in the distance |
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| 4335-The Baltic coast, looking north from Pillkoppen | 4338-The dunes are higher than you think |
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| 4339-Familiar heads bob in the chilly Baltic | 4361-König Ottokar Platz, Königsberg |
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| 4363-Former house of Walter Ehrich, Hoverbeckstraße 47 | 4367-Klaus Ehrich meets the residents of his father's house |
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| 4368-Garden of former Ehrich house | 4369-Rear of restored Ehrich house |
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| 4370-When spoken language fails... | 4371-Damaged bridge between parent's and grandparent's homes |
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| 4376-A Khrushchev building near where the Ehrich grandparents lived | 4383-Beydritter Weg, looking at the lot where #9 once stood |
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| 4388-A new building at the north end of the Oberteich | 4392-Sea lions on the Oberteich promenade (Thiele, 1913) |
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| 4396-The Wrangelturm (1853) | 4397-An old school, corner of Mitteltragheim and Wrangelstraße |
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| 4399-City Hall, Stolp (Słupsk) | 4401-Lots of cars in downtown Stolp |
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| 4406-The shopping district, with lighted arches | 4410-The Marienkirche in Stolp, 14th century |
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| 4411-A fountain in the shopping district | 4414-Driver education in downtown Stolp |
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| 4428-How great to see green fields again | 4430-Shopping center near the Radisson hotel, Stettin (Szczecin) |
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| 4435-The usual group at an early breakfast at the Radisson | 4447-Breakfast is a big event |
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| 4450-The Hauptbahnhof (main train station) in Berlin | 4452-The platforms at the Hauptbahnhof |
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| 4453-The shops at the Hauptbahnhof | 4455-The busiest place in the train station |
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| 4458-The stainless look of the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin | 4464-German customs is suspicious of cars carrying Polish cigarettes |