.... . This is the "Driesen Foundation". Christians and Jews lived here together, as everywhere in Königsberg. In 1936 the magistrate decided that it would no longer be reasonable for Christians to live under one roof with Jews. ......
The Synagogue Square Memorial dedicated to the Jewish Community of Yurburg (Jurbakas/Lithuania) has been opened at JUL 19 2019. This impressive and significant monument is based on an unique idea. The…
Some days after German invasion to Lithuania, on Sunday, June 29, 1941 men from the German SS- unit Heydekrug (East Prussia) arrived in Laukuva (Lithuania). The rounded up all Jewish…
In June 1942, when the first deportation from Königsberg to Minsk took place, it was about as hot as in those June days. Anyway, eyewitnesses report that when they said…
A training for city guides for two tours in the footsteps of the Jews of Königsberg was carried out in cooperation with the Association of Jews in East Prussia and…
It's happened! Today the kosher dining room in Kaliningrad synagogue started its work (at the site of the former Koenigsberger Syn.). It opened its doors to all those who want…
Our efforts are not only to commemorate the fled and murdered Jews from East Prussia, but also to bring back the people erased from history into the history books. Individual…
What other holiday walks could Jews take when "Für Arier" was written in the parks and on the park benches? Daniel Edel opened his photo album for us. The photo…
The lady pictured, Hannah Masie, was a respected and well-known personality in Königsberg at the turn of the century, as she ran the kosher "Hotel Masie" in the Hintere Vorstadt…
Paul Hecht was cantor in Rastenburg, later in Berlin. He survived the Theresienstadt camp, worked in Berlin after the war (photo) and emigrated to America. Rastenburg is a municipality of…