Yeah I know, it sounds like the title of a Steven Spielberg movie but in reality it’s a historic fact. The story is centered in a City originally called Königsberg(now called Kaliningrad) which is located by the Baltic Sea. The story of this city is quite sad and is a perfect example of why communism is called a destroyer of cultures. However, the Prussians did leave a parting “gift” that humiliated the commies.
The City Königsberg founded in 1255 originally belonged to the Prussians(modern day Germans) but it was also a multicultural city that hosted various other European ethnic groups like Poles, Russians, Lithuanians etc. The flourishing city would remain in Prussian and German possession up until 1945 when it was overrun by the red army. The German army managed to hold off the red army for about 3 months(late January through early April 1945), buying enough time for many German civilians to flee from Königsberg via train and Ship. The red army captured the city on April 9 1945. What followed for the destroyed city would be absolutely despicable.
After the reds captured the city; they mistreated the civilians who stuck around, plundered, looted and vandalized. But the biggest disgrace wouldn’t happen until 1968 when the Soviets(on Brezhnev’s orders) would destroy the ruins of the Königsberg castle, a castle that was built in 1255. A castle that has been there for centuries demolished in the blink of an eye. And to add insult to injury the commies would build headquarters for the new communist regime in it’s place. But little did the commies know that the spirit of Prussia was still there and would have none of that commie nonsense.
So after the Soviet authorities destroyed what remained of konigsberg castle, they erected a big ugly building called the “house of the Soviets”. Too bad for them, they picked a swampy most to build it, with various subterranean tunnels of the old castle. This proved to be very bad for the “house of the Soviets” as it started to suffer damage and became unstable. By the time they erected the building, it was too late. The Soviets had not choice but to stop construction of the building and cancel their plans to turn it into their own headquarters. Even today in 2020, the vacant “house of the Soviets” is still there as a reminder of what happens when you try to destroy culture. A big ugly piece of commie architecture that could collapse at any moment due to it’s architectural errors.
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