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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.02.22 (06) [E]

 Beste Luc and Ron,

you wrote about East Prussia:

(Luc)
> PS: Since you mentioned Eastern Prussia earlier on, I'd like to mention
that today I met a student from Kaliningrad in my school. He claims > that
"Germanistan" is simply "buying" Kaliningrad these days.

(Ron)
> Hmm ... Trying to buy it back then?

A very delicate matter!

As far as I've heard there indeed had been an offering in the early 1990ies
from Russia to the Germans to buy it back- for any astronomical sum.
The German authorities didn't accept it because of two main reasons:
*1st:* too expensive in those days of rebuilding the former DDR (Eastern
Germany; since 1990 part of the re-united Germany);
*2nd:* the Polish government would have seen this as an act of aggressive,
imperial politics of Germany.

Russia then started a kind of program to enable Russian people of German
descent to settle in that (partly vasted) area. I'm not well informed
about the success of this program, but I know that there indeed is a lot of
business (and touristical) action between the people of the 'oblast' of
Kaliningrad and people of the EU, which in the eyes of the inhabitants over
there generally might be aspected as 'Germans'.

I've also heard about the rumour  that Russia would like to establish a kind
of free-trade zone in this meanwhile enclaved area.

Last but not least there are some cultural acquaintances between German and
Russian organisations helping to restore historical buildings etc. specially
in the city of Kaliningrad.

Kind greetings

Jonny Meibohm

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