Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga karshe sojojin Red Army sun kama Palmnicken a ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1945, a cikin kwanakin karshe na yakin. Kashi na uku na arewacin Gabashin Prussia, gami da Palmnicken, ya zama wani ɓangare na Tarayyar Soviet a cikin 1945 a ƙarƙashin yanayin canje-canjen kan iyaka da aka ayyana a taron Potsdam. An kwashe mutanen Jamus
ko kuma daga baya aka kore shi zuwa yammacin Jamus. Palmnicken an sake masa suna Yantarny, wanda aka samo daga "yantar", kalmar Rasha don amber, kuma 'yan Soviet suka sake komawa, galibi' yan Rasha, da Belarusians, Ukrainians, da Tatars.