Event in Klaipeda “Voices That Have Faded Away”
The Klaipėda Jewish community invites to the event “Voices of the Departed,” during which the names of the 1,225 people buried in these cemeteries will be read aloud. The event will also feature the unveiling of symbolic matzevot.
Klaipeda / Memel: Postwar Radio Jamming Station
In 1954, a radio jamming station was erected on the cemetery grounds. Most of the matzevot (tombstones) were destroyed during the installation of the antennas.
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.
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.