Jewish Old Age Home of Königsberg

To mark the occasion of the opening, the Königsberg Jewish Community Newsletter published a drawing by architect Kurt Frick, who had designed the building.

Vorschau Video

Dreams about the future of Memel

Video 20 min about how the life of Jewish businesspeople and entrepreneurs in Memel after World War I, A lecture by Ruth Leiserowitz in 2023 at the History Institute of Klaipeda University.

The last Rabbi of Memel

The last rabbi of Memel / Klaipeda before the war was Dr Simon Schlesinger (1893–1959), He arrived in the town from Cologne in 1932.