Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga o te tau 1944, i te mea kua tahuri te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao ki a Tiamana Nazi, ka rāhuitia ngā tāngata i te rerenga atu i te rohe ki te rāwhiti o Prussia ki te Rāwhiti ahakoa te whakaekenga o te ope Whero. Ko te "Gauleiter" o East Prussia, Erich Koch, i whakahaua ko te rere he ture kore me te whiu ("strenges Fluchtverbot" - e tino aukatihia ana te rere), engari i te wa e tata ana te ope Whero ki Königsberg he maha nga Tiamana i rite ki te wehe atu. I te marama o Hanuere 1945, ko te Whakahekenga o Prussia ki te Rāwhiti
i tīmata i te wā whakamutunga, ā, ka whakaaetia te rere atu i te rohe.