Betty, this would have been known as Pomerania at that time. ============= On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:42:47 EDT Musicalbev@aol.com writes: > 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 >