Act of Tilsit

The Act of Tilsit (Lithuanian: Tilžės aktas) was an act, signed in Tilsit by 24 members of the National Council of Lithuania Minor (Lithuanian: Mažosios Lietuvos tautinė taryba) on November 30, 1918.

This would mean detaching the northern areas of East Prussia, inhabited by Prussian Lithuanians, from the German Empire.

The rest of East Prussia, located south of the Neman River, including the town of Tilsit, where the act was signed, remained within Germany.

It, among other facts, suggest the act primarily being a "show" document, intended to widely present an opinion of the National Council of Lithuania Minor.

[1] In March 1939, Lithuania was forced to cede Klaipėda Region to Nazi Germany.