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In 1935, the [[Wehrmacht]] designated Königsberg as the Headquarters for [[Military district (Germany)|Wehrkreis I]] (under the command of General der Artillerie [[Albert Wodrig]]), which took in all of [[Province of East Prussia|East Prussia]].{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} According to the census of May 1939, Königsberg had a population of 372,164.<ref name="autogenerated"/>
====Persecution of Jews under the Nazi regime====
Prior to the Nazi era, Königsberg was home to a third of East Prussia's 13,000 Jews. Under Nazi rule, the Polish and Jewish minorities were classified as ''[[Untermensch]]'' and persecuted by the authorities. The city's Jewish population shrank from 3,200 in 1933 to 2,100 in October 1938. The [[Synagogue (Königsberg)|New Synagogue of Königsberg]], constructed in 1896, was destroyed during [[Kristallnacht]] (9 November 1938); 500 Jews soon fled the city.
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