Some remarkes about Jewish photographers by us, contribution to Camera Obscura, the cultural history and provenance research project of Pre-Second World War Lithuanian Jewish photographs.
Before October 1, 1874, Jews in Germany had to report their births, marriages and deaths to the competent court, where these were registered. Unlike many records of Jewish communities that…
Sounds, images, great atmosphere Guests from Łódź and Warsaw at the cultural studio synagogue Barczewo (Wartenburg) on 2025 January 6
Jerusalem, October 30, 2024: A small songbook from Schmalleninken (Schmaleningken) clarifies: The synagogue was inaugurated on September 18, 1865! Schmaleningken (today Smalininkai in Lithuania) is the easternmost town in the…
Since he had a beautiful voice, he liked to help out in the synagogue and sing there for services when he came home for Shabbat.
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.