Talk:Martynas Jankus

German Point of View Deleated
Bad English, I know. But I think that was not the reason to deleat it. I think, the authors only want to publish the lithuanian point of view. Martin Jankus was a German printer, voted for Lithuania and repatriated back to Germany! Kaubri (talk) 18:07, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

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"Martin Jankus was an activist of "Lithuania Minor", who published as a trained printer in Tilsit in the newspaper "Frühlingsfreuden" (Spring Delights). So the Lithuanian activists living overseas could learn about the work of the Christain Doneleitis (Kristijonas Donelaitis). Jankus played at the time of the annexation of Memelland (so-called Klaipeda Revolt) a significant role as Chairman of the Relief Committee and moral leader of the Lithuanian Taryba (State Council), which was from 1917 to 1920 the first provisional legislative assembly of Lithuania before the founding of the First Republic. Together with Erdmann Simoneit (lithuanized Erdmonas Simonaitis) Martin Jankus tried to address the issue of language of Memel in the French government. The French administration kept out of this question. But Jankus and Simoneit enforced a parent survey about the mother tongue, significantly only at schools in the country without those of the city of Memel and the Herder-Gymnasium Heydekrug. Yet was not the result of the hopes accordingly: Of the parents who spoke the Memel Lithuanian, 94.7% demanded for their children German instruction in reading and writing and at least 71.7% of German religious education.

To the Lithuanians Jankus was regarded as folk hero, "Patriarch" and advocate for the preservation of Lithuanian language and culture in East Prussia and ultimately to connect the northern East Prussia on the incurred after the end of World War Republic of Lithuania (Great Lithuania). But he preferred like most of his colleagues to be repatriated back to Germany, when the political situation in Lithuania was risky.

Jankus' merit is the collection of Lithuanian folk songs. However, they were subliminally aimed to convey the Prussian-Lithuanian history, language and folklore, to influence the consciousness of ordinary people. They wanted nothing to do with the political goals of this movement but only wanted to enjoy to maintain their culture in their native language.

''"It must be said here again: The Prussian Lithuanians were not for the acquisition of German language German - he was so much earlier now with the acquisition of German culture. Now, that the nationality problem of Memel and the northeastern East Prussia did not cease with the general learning the German language, is again only on German responsibility. Because of the uprisings in Poland 1865-1904 against the Russian Empire was imposed a pressure ban by the Russians in Lithuania. The Tsar demanded that the Lithuanians should learn the Cyrillic letters and therefore the Russian language. Thus it was printed on Lithuanian territory Lithuanian writings nothing more. Lithuanian writers and intellectuals fled now to Prussia, where they met in Tilsit. In support of the German authorities they were allowed to issue in the Tilsit printing Lithuanian writings (Maudrode and Reylaender - Printings) which were smuggled into Lithuania by border workers and distributed there. For those in Tilsit with German money printed brochures many Lithuanians made their first acquaintance with written language.''

''Instead of being grateful to the Germans for this assistance, saw these intellectual opportunists, whose effect of opportunities in the Russian Empire were limited and a permanent risk, to search for less dangerous work areas. They engaged themselves in public for the preservation of the Prussian-Lithuanian and tried by every means moral pressure, to inspire the former Prussian Lithuanians for the idea of a Greater Lithuania. The Memel pastor Gaigalat, the Prussian teacher Storost, the Prussian paymaster Stiklorius, which itself had to learn the Lithuanian as a Foreign Language, suddenly discovered their Lithuanian heart. The Prussian state saw in them only romantic dreamer with no political significance and give them away. The supporters were small, they found only few in Tilsit-region and Memelland. The entourage of Martin Jankus and Erdmann Simoneit comprised only a few hundred Memellanders since no Memel Lithuanians wanted to go down to the low cultural level of the so-called Great Lithuania.''

Nevertheless, the Lithuanian nationalists were heard at the international level as the Memelland was included among the ceded territories and separated against the wishes of the residents." Source: Kurschat, Heinrich A.: Das Buch vom Memelland, Siebert Oldenburg 1968, P.158f"

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