Holocaust and Prosecution / Jewish Museum Kaliningrad / Koenigsberg - Kaliningrad

Deportation train from Königsberg

82 years ago, a train of Jews from Königsberg left for Minsk, where they were all shot on the spot.

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25th June 2024

Association News

Polin Museum Book recommendations

Further reading on the core exhibition at the Polin Museum. Personal recommendations by Michael Leiserowitz.

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24th June 2024

Association News / Family Stories / Kaliningrad Region (Russia)

Darkehmen – Search for traces

Excursion to possible traces of Jews in Darkehmen.

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20th June 2024

Association News / Events / Koenigsberg - Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad Jewish Museum trains city guides

This excursion was organized by the Jewish Museum in the New Synagogue of Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) .....

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19th June 2024

Family Stories / Poland

Wartenburg – Traces of the Pollnow family

The Pollnow family had a store in the Luisenstr. Albert emigrated to South Africa. His descendant sent us several photos. We are pleased that we were able to photograph his family home in early June 2024.

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7th June 2024

Jewish Museum Kaliningrad / News Synagogue Kaliningrad

Rabbinical Congress

Participants from all over Russia gathered in Kaliningrad for a rabbinical congress and visited the the Jewish Museum on the History of the Jews in Königsberg.

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28th May 2024

Men's mikvah

News Synagogue Kaliningrad / Synagogue Koenigsberg

Inauguration of the mikvah

A mikvah in Kaliningrad (Königsberg) with sections for women, men and objects.

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27th May 2024

Association News / Events / Kaliningrad Region (Russia) / Personalities

Exhibition Joseph Klarwein

For the first time, a section of the work of this modernist architect, who is relatively little known today, is being shown in a special exhibition at the New Synagogue Museum.

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3rd April 2024

Family Stories / Jewish Museum Kaliningrad / Personalities

Farewell to Nechama Drober

We say goodbye to Nechama Drober. She was an important voice for the Jews in Königsberg.

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2nd April 2024

Association News / Family Stories / Poland

Straight through Prostken

Straight through Prostken is the title of a Polish book about an unusual village in East Prussia. A place that you should not drive through too quickly, as it is extremely rich in a wide variety of stories.

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29th March 2024