Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen 1944, yayin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya juya baya ga Nazi Jamus, an hana fararen hula barin yankin gabashin Gabashin Prussia duk da cewa mamayewar Red Army ba makawa ya kusanto. "Gauleiter" na Gabashin Prussia, Erich Koch, ya ba da umarnin cewa guduwa ba bisa doka ba ne kuma za a hukunta shi ("strenges Fluchtverbot" - an haramta guduwa sosai), amma yayin da Red Army ke gabatowa Königsberg yawancin Jamusawa sun shirya don yin fice duk da haka. A watan Janairun shekarar 1945, kwashewar East Prussia
ya fara a lokacin ƙarshe kuma an ba da izinin gudu daga yankin.