Cultural Heritage Fighting in World War I and World War II, my grandfather and great-grandfather were fighting for more than American pride. They were fighting for more personal or cultural reasons. My family name is Derwinski and is of Prussian decent. The Germans and the Russians persecuted the Prussians. Prussians were strictly Protestants with high moral and ethnic standards. For centuries, Prussia was a safe haven for people persecuted for their religious beliefs. Between 1685 and 1715, 500,000 …showed first 75 words of 400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 400 total…well as of various colonists from various parts of Europe: Germans, Poles, Lithuanians, Dutchmen, Frenchmen etc. (Maziulis) The Reformation offered them a way to preserve their old culture into an integral culture. This culture was known as “The Kingdome of Prussia”(1701-1918). Prussian wars date all the ways back to 1800. In 1815, Prussian armies and German armies crushed the last armies of Napoleon. (pommern) This in-turn was the first time Prussia had been reco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**