Prussia and WWII

During World War II Prussia went through many changes. For example, during World War II, Hitler formally became the governor of Prussia. Prussia also gaind lands and territories during World War II. The Prussian lands that were transferred to Poland after the Treaty of Versailles, were re-annexed during World War II. Unfortunatly, most of this territory was not given back to Prussia but given to Nazi Germany. When Germany was divided into occupations zones part of east Prussia was divided. In the Western Zones of occupation the former Prussian territories were divided up among North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Schleswig-Holstein. The northeastern part of East Prussia was annexed by the USSR, and the remainder was put under Polish administration.