Betty: My family also came from Prussia. They only spoke Polish and I have discovered that the city/village they were from (Schwenten) in Prussia, became part of Germany and then part of Poland - now called Swiete. My family came in 1872 from Bremen to the USA. I have been told by family still in Germany that although they were Prussian, when Hitler took over Germany, the Prussians were not well liked, and most Prussians (because they spoke only Polish), declared themselves Polish. Apparently from what I can find out, the Prussians were hated almost as much as the Jewish people, and the Prussians hid or destroyed any records which showed they were Prussian. How much of this is accurate I don't know, but the relative who told me about it, got the information from her grandmother, who was alive at the time and destroyed all the family history as a result of the takeover, so I'm assuming that it is accurate. Prussia was divided between the countries of Germany, Poland and Russia. I have noticed also on records I have found for my great grandparents, that it depends on the time frame (year) as to whether they declared that they were Polish, German or Prussian. I have different records, showing all of the 3 countries at one time or anyother. The Passenger Lists which I found from the Germans To America series shows that they were German. Hope this helps a little. Bev

Hi all. Can anyone say where Twicken, Linken and Marienberg, Linken are in Germany. Also , Lunau, Brandenburg, Preussen, GERMANY. My Germanic side of the tree come from that area. ADRIAN, AUGUSTINE, BARS, BREWER, SCHEFFLER, TARVEL/TABLE/TABIL/FAVEL. SCHEFFLER name comes from Danzig, Prussia. Thanks for any help able to be given, Les. #17255 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Musicalbev@aol.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Prussia > Betty: > > My family also came from Prussia. They only spoke Polish and I have > discovered that the city/village they were from (Schwenten) in Prussia, became part > of Germany and then part of Poland - now called Swiete. My family came in > 1872 from Bremen to the USA. > > I have been told by family still in Germany that although they were Prussian, > when Hitler took over Germany, the Prussians were not well liked, and most > Prussians (because they spoke only Polish), declared themselves Polish. > Apparently from what I can find out, the Prussians were hated almost as much as the > Jewish people, and the Prussians hid or destroyed any records which showed > they were Prussian. > > How much of this is accurate I don't know, but the relative who told me about > it, got the information from her grandmother, who was alive at the time and > destroyed all the family history as a result of the takeover, so I'm assuming > that it is accurate. > > Prussia was divided between the countries of Germany, Poland and Russia. > > I have noticed also on records I have found for my great grandparents, that > it depends on the time frame (year) as to whether they declared that they were > Polish, German or Prussian. I have different records, showing all of the 3 > countries at one time or anyother. The Passenger Lists which I found from the > Germans To America series shows that they were German. > > Hope this helps a little. > > Bev > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message