A copy of the act

The Act of Tilsit (Lithuanian: Tilžės aktas) was an act that was signed in Tilsit by the leaders of Lietuvininks (Lithuanians from Lithuania Minor) in 1918-11-30, which demanded the unification of Lithuania Minor and Lithuania-proper into a single Lithuanian state, thus detaching the Lithuanian-inhabited areas of East Prussia from Germany. Image File history File links Tilsit_Act. ... Image File history File links Tilsit_Act. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... A road bridge in Sovetsk Sovetsk (Russian: Советск; until 1946 German: Tilsit. ... Lietuvinink (Lithuanian: Lietuvininkas, plural - Lietuvininkai) is a Lithuanian from Lithuania Minor. ... Lithuania Minor (or Prussian Lithuania, Lithuanian Mažoji Lietuva and PrÅ«sų Lietuva respectively) is one of five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ...

Given the fact that this demand was pushed after the end of World War 1 which Germany had lost, it was expected that Lithuania Minor would thusly be detached. However, this did not happen. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Northernmost part of the Lithuania Minor - Memelland - was detached from Germany and placed under French supervision under the League of Nations. But Lithuania Minor south of the Nemunas river, including the town of Tilsit, where this act was signed, did not become part of Lithuania. Eventually, the Act of Tilsit would play an important ideological role during the Klaipėda Revolt of 1923, after which the Klaipėda region was adjoined to Lithuania. Klaipėda Region (Memel Region, Memelland) is the name of the coastland of Lithuania around Klaipėda (formerly known as Memel) and the Curonian Lagoon, on the right bank of river Nemunas. ... The League of Nations was an international organization founded after the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. ... External links Wikimedia Commons has multimedia related to: Neman Categories: Belarus-related stubs | Rivers of Belarus | Rivers of Lithuania | Russian rivers ... KlaipÄ—da Revolt took place in the KlaipÄ—da region during the January of 1923. ... KlaipÄ—da Region (Memel Region, Memelland) is the name of the part of Lithuania Minor consisting of the coastland around KlaipÄ—da (formerly known as Memel) and along the Curonian Lagoon, on the right bank of Neman River. ...

Some of the signers of the Tilsit Act were later persecuted by the nazis. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...