sentences:  In fact the population of Memel east of the Neman River was evacuated to the western parts of East Prussia in late summer 1944.On October 7, 1944 that area was the only part of East Prussia completely evacuated.On October 16, 1944 the Red Army reached German territory for the first time in World War II in the southern part of East Prussia near Gumbinnen, encountering German civilians and committing the Nemmersdorf massacre.