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    The Klaipėda Convention (or Convention concerning the Territory of Memel) was an international agreement between Lithuania and the countries of the Conference...
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    Klaipėda. According to data from the Department of Statistics, there are 212,302 permanent inhabitants (as of 2020) in the Klaipėda city and Klaipėda...
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    The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory or Memelland). The region, located north of the...
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    in Klaipėda, allowing Germany to strengthen its influence in the region. In the spring of 1938 Adolf Hitler personally stated that gaining Klaipėda was...
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    Since 1990, the area of the Klaipėda Region has formed part of the independent Republic of Lithuania, as part of Klaipėda and Tauragė counties. The southern...
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    signing of the Klaipėda Convention, which formalized the transfer of the Klaipėda Region to Lithuania, in May 1924. The Klaipėda Convention contained the...
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    Trial of Neumann and Sass (category Klaipėda Region)
    free state. The Klaipėda Region consisted of four administrative territorial units: the city of Klaipėda and the counties of Klaipėda, Šilutė, and Pagėgiai...
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    the Klaipėda Convention of 1924 and the first elections took place in October 1925. According to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, the Klaipėda Region...
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    cede Memel to Lithuania and give the area autonomous rights. The Klaipėda Convention was approved by the League Council on 14 March 1924, and then by...
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    informed the signatories of the Klaipėda Convention about those demands since technically, Lithuania could not transfer Klaipėda without the signatories' approvals...
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