The Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen ("Homeland Association of East Prussia") is a

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for

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who were evacuated or expelled from

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during

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and as well as people who emigrated in more recent times, exercising their right to German citizenship, based on a 1913 German law. It was formed on 3 October 1948 by East Prussian

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s in

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Organisation

The organization's current president is Stephan Grigat. Its seat is in

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, and it is a member of the Bund der Vertriebenen. Its official newspaper is the '' Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung''. The Bund Junges Ostpreußen is a subsidiary youth organization of the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen; its predecessor, Junge Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland, was disassociated from the parent organization in 2000.

Presidency

* 1948–1951: Ottomar Schreiber * 1952–1966: Alfred Gille * 1966–1971: Reinhold Rehs * 1971–1974: Joachim Freiherr von Braun * 1974–1979: Hans-Georg Bock * 1979–1990: Ottfried Hennig * 1990–1992: Harry Poley * 1992–2010: Wilhelm von Gottberg * 6 November 2010 – present: Stephan Grigat

External links

Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen

Bund Junges Ostpreußen

''Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung''
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