Evacuation of East Prussia (1945)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Evacuation_of_East_Prussia_(1945)

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause	Soviet Red Army advance
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_East_Prussia expulsion of Germans from East Prussia
gptkbp:endDate	May 1945
gptkbp:estimatedNumberOfEvacuees	over 2 million
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Evacuation of East Prussia (1945)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:East_Prussia
gptkbp:method	overland evacuation sea evacuation
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Hannibal gptkb:sinking_of_Goya gptkb:sinking_of_Steuben sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Erich_Koch gptkb:Hans_Krebs gptkb:Hans_von_Obstfelder gptkb:Hans_von_Salmuth gptkb:Hans_von_Tettau gptkb:Otto_von_Knobelsdorff gptkb:Otto_Lasch gptkb:Heinz_Reinefarth gptkb:Hans_von_Ahlfen gptkb:Dietrich_von_Saucken gptkb:Erich_Dethleffsen gptkb:Hans_Gollnick gptkb:Walter_Braemer gptkb:Hans-Georg_von_Friedeburg gptkb:Helmuth_Weidling gptkb:Friedrich-Wilhelm_Müller gptkb:Georg-Hans_Reinhardt gptkb:Friedrich_Fangohr gptkb:Friedrich_Hossbach
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Königsberg gptkb:Pillau gptkb:Danzig gptkb:Frisches_Haff gptkb:Samland_Peninsula
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Steuben gptkb:Goya gptkb:Wilhelm_Gustloff
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army German military German civilians
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944–1950) gptkb:Battle_of_Königsberg Prussian refugees
gptkbp:result	civilian casualties mass displacement loss of German territory
gptkbp:startDate	January 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pillau
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5