Talk:Church of St. Jacob, Klaipėda

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Did you know... that the Church of St. Jacob, which had been used for centuries by Prussian Lithuanians in Klaipėda, was demolished by soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces using tanks in 1959?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Church of St. Jacob in the second half of the 19th century

... that the Church of St. Jacob (pictured), which was used for centuries by the Prussian Lithuanians in Klaipėda, was demolished by soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces using tanks in 1959? Source: "Apie 1959 m. SSRS kariuomenės dalinys pastatą nugriovė pasitelkę tankus." (English: In ~1959 an unit of the Army of the Soviet Union demolished the building using tanks; source).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Witch-hunts in India
- Comment: This is my seventh DYK nomination, so I performed QPQ before creating this nomination.

Created by Pofka (talk). Self-nominated at 16:38, 23 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Church of St. Jacob, Klaipėda; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: The hook is interesting but the word "eventually" does not need to be there. Sahaib (talk) 13:02, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib: Thanks for the evaluation. I removed word "eventually" from the hook. -- Pofka (talk) 10:07, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]