Trailer about the planned Museum
English with Hebrew subtitles Short clip about the coming museum in the Synagogue of Kaliningrad, the former Königsberg. Link to our Museum web page
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Obituary of Michael Wieck
Michael Wieck had already published his memoirs of his time in Königsberg under Nazi rule and Soviet occupation in the 1980s, before the topic of
Online Catalog is ready
The catalog of the exhibition “Jews in Königsberg at the turn of the century” is now online! Link to the English edition >> Link to
Jewish School in Königsberg
Königsberg / Kaliningrad. For an exhibition in the rebuilt synagogue on the topic “Jewish School in Königsberg” we are looking for pictures, documents and stories
Riddle solved after 10 years, the only gravestone got a face.
About this unmarked cemetery we can tell many stories, but at the end of 2020 a new story was added. The area of the Königsberg
In Memory of Kurt and Hildegard
We thank this foundation for its support this year! In times of persecution and humiliation by the German nation the founder survived with the help of sincere individuals and the Bosch company and escaped extermination as almost the only one in his family. Out of gratitude for their own happiness and the help of private and business friends in difficult life situations, the widow Hildegard Losten initiated the foundation.
Index of Jews in Königsberg evaluated
We are pleased to announce that thanks to the cooperation of Ralph Salinger in Israel (JewishVilkaviskis.org) and Michael Leiserowitz from the Association of Jews in East Prussia, another source has been added to the database “Jews in Königsberg”. It will one day become the basis for an information centre on Jews in Königsberg.
Dov Bernhard Galmor-Geier S.L.
Unfortunately we had to carry a member of our association to the grave. We have created a page in German and English on which we
Summer Camp in Vištytis, Lithuania 2019
Vištytis (Polish: Wisztyniec, German: Wystiten, Yiddish: ווישטינעץ Vishtinets) was a dynamic shtetel (town) on the border with East Prussia, with a Polish, Prussian, French, Russian,
Travels to the Sources 2020
Excursions through East and West Prussia. These places changed their rulers several times in history, which also had an impact on the migration of Jews overseas and within Prussia.