Memo August 1851 “... the Jewish herring merchant Jochim Goersch from Wystiten was struck dead by lightning in the village of Karklienen on August 25, 1851. He was between 40…
Here we see a group of trainees on an excursion to Schwarzort (Curonian Spit) in 1935.
Further reading on the core exhibition at the Polin Museum. Personal recommendations by Michael Leiserowitz.
New text finds on the opening of the old people's home, now a hospital in Vistitis (now Lithuania), which shows the connection to the nearby town of Eydtkuhnen in Eastern Prussia.
82 years ago, a train of Jews from Königsberg left for Minsk, where they were all shot on the spot.
Excursion to possible traces of Jews in Darkehmen.
This excursion was organized by the Jewish Museum in the New Synagogue of Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) .....
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.
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.
A mikvah in Kaliningrad (Königsberg) with sections for women, men and objects.