This year, on October 6, we would like to remember him—a man who always described himself as an optimist and a happy person. He was born 100 years ago, in 1926, in Königsberg.
Mrs. Puhn has returned to Klaipėda! The mural has been installed at the spot in the Old Town of Klaipeda.
In Kaliningrad, today's Jewish community continues the traditions of the former German-Jewish community of Königsberg. At April 15 2026, Ruth and Michael Leiserowitz gave a lecture in Stuttgart; see clip online in German language.
Ruth Leiserowitz's article about Smalininkai (Schmalleningken) a small but fascinating border town at the southernmost tip of the Memel region has now been published online in English by the University…
The following is a summary of the lecture by Michael Leiserowitz from the "Jews in East Prussia" association
We saw Shtetl on the border and places of the former German Jewish Kehila: The todays Silute County south of Klaipeda includes the former German Heydekrug area.
We met Eugenius Bunka, the son of the last Jew of Plunge.
Visit of the Jewish community in Klaipeda that provides religious services and commemorates the Jewish history and culture of the port city.
Good news for anyone interested in the history of East Prussia: you can now download the book, how Jews lived in East Prussia in the 19th century and up until World War II, free of charge.