Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in...
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medieval foundation of Terra Mariana. Most of the nobility consisted of Baltic Germans, but with the changing political landscape over the centuries, Polish...
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This is a list of notable Baltic Germans. Alfred Aschenkampff (1858–1914), architect (Latvia) Paul Max Bertschy (1840–1911), city architect of Liepāja...
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Latvia Lithuania Baltia Baltic Entente Baltic Free Trade Area Baltic Germans Baltic governorates Baltic region Baltic Tiger Baltic Way Baltoscandia List...
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composed of 35 Baltic Germans, 13 Estonians, and 11 Latvians, passed a resolution calling upon the German Emperor to recognise the Baltic provinces as a...
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March 24, 1918. The German Ober Ost occupation-authorities under the command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria favored the Baltic Germans, who had been the most...
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to Germany) and the population fell by half to roughly 1 million. 597,212 Germans self-identified as such in the 2002 Russian census, making Germans the...
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Latvians, and Lithuanians considered the Germans liberators from the Soviet Union. The Germans agreed to leave the Baltic states, except for Lithuania (which...
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Reichsdeutsche (redirect from Imperial Germans)
usually meaning German citizens living abroad), or a more specific term denoting the area of settlement, such as Baltic Germans or Volga Germans (Wolgadeutsche)...
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("ethnic Germans") is a historical term which arose in the early 20th century and was used by the Nazis to describe ethnic Germans, without German citizenship...
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total Argentine population. Descendants of Volga Germans outnumber descendants of Germans from Germany itself, who number one million in Argentina (2.3%...
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process of Germanization was begun. Ethnic Germans were evacuated from territories occupied by the Soviets in 1940, notably Bessarabia and the Baltic States...
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(or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority...
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Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft (redirect from Baltic Germans Territorial Association)
The Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft ("German-Baltic Society") is an organization which represents Baltic German refugees expelled from Estonia and Latvia...
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The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area...
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918) (category Baltic-German history)
in the German-occupied Courland Governorate by a council composed of Baltic Germans, who offered the crown of the once-autonomous duchy to Kaiser Wilhelm...
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Volksdeutsche (redirect from German minorities)
such as Wolgadeutsche or Volga Germans, the ethnic Germans living in the Volga basin in Russia; and Baltic Germans, who generally called themselves...
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Riga (category Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea)
Baltic, and despite demographic changes, the Baltic Germans in Riga had maintained a dominant position. By 1867, Riga's population was 42.9% German....
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The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and...
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campaign against the allegedly pro-Allied sympathies of the Baltic governments. In May 1940, the Germans invaded France, which was overrun and occupied a month...
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History of Latvia (category Articles containing German-language text)
Germans, who quickly established occupational regime which lasted until November 11, 1918. During this time Germans tried to create the United Baltic...
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The Baltic Way (Lithuanian: Baltijos kelias; Latvian: Baltijas ceļš; Estonian: Balti kett) or Baltic Chain (also "Chain of Freedom") was a peaceful political...
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Latvia (category Baltic states)
the Baltic Germans left Latvia by agreement between Ulmanis's government and Nazi Germany under the Heim ins Reich programme. In total 50,000 Baltic Germans...
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Languages of Estonia (category Articles containing German-language text)
all the Baltic Germans were resettled by the German Government into the Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia. Today there are very few Germans living in...
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French invasion of Russia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the senior Russian commanders were mostly ethnic Germans, being either Baltic German nobility or Germans who had entered Russian service. At the time the...
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statesman, Gulag survivor) History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union Ethnic Germans Baltic Germans German Quarter Yellow Ukraine "Справочник...
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Romania, and the Baltic Germans from Estonia and Latvia, the Zipser Germans are one of the three oldest German-speaking and ethnic German groups in Central...
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Although many Baltic Germans regarded the future of the Estonians as being a fusion with the Germans, many other educated and Estophile Germans admired the...
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their Baltic neighbours, the Lithuanians had to accede to the ultimatum. In September, the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia. Next, the Germans aimed to...
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The tradition spread to Würzburg, Germany in 1845, and from there it reached the Baltic States via the Baltic Germans and their choral societies. It was...
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