Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Palmnicken pakupedzisira akabatwa neRed Army musi wa 7 April 1945, mukati memazuva okupedzisira ehondo. Chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chokuchamhembe kweEast Prussia, kusanganisira Palmnicken, chakava chikamu cheSoviet Union muna 1945 maererano nokuchinja miganhu kwakaparidzwa paPotsdam Conference. Vanhu vokuGermany vakabviswa
kana kuti akazodzingwa kuWest Germany. Palmnicken yakatumidzwazve zita rokuti Yantarny, rakabva pashoko rechiRussia rokuti "yantar", rinoreva amber, uye rakagarwazve nevagari vokuSoviet, zvikurukuru vokuRussia, pamwe chete nevaBelarusian, vokuUkraine, uye vaTatar.