.... . 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. ......
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…
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 two commandant office buildings are still standing April 2019 - On our excursion we came to Lauknen, which later became Hohenbruch and today is called Gromovo in Russian. It…
Michael Wieck passed away at Feb 27 2021 - may his memory be blessed. A moving moment for all visitors to the Mendelsohn House was the final message when Michael…
Michael Wieck passed away at February 27 2021, may his memory be blessed. Invitation to a meeting with Michael Wieck in Warsaw on April 16 2019. He was born in…
On 24 March 2019 the Jewish Community in Klaipeda (Lithuania, in German: Memel) is holding a conference to mark the 80th anniversary of the German invasion of Memelland. Our association…
The museum expert Monika Žąsytienė from Švėkšna (Lithuania) has published an important book with the title “The Jewish Community of Švėkšna from the 17th to the 20th Century” after several…
After the end of the war, the stolen libraries reached Offenbach, the Offenbach Archival Depot (photo). This was the central collection point for the literature stolen by the Nazis. More…