As early as the summer of 1938, Nazi authorities ordered that all Jewish libraries be registered. The order for the Reichspogromnacht also meant that archive material from the synagogues had…
In preparation for a new exhibition project on the emigration of Jews from Königsberg, the Association Jews in East Prussia visited the former Königsberg resident Rachel Dror in Stuttgart in…
Sensburg was a German town in East Prussia, today it is the Polish town Mrągowo. Committed Polish citizens of this city take care of the memory of the former Jewish…
Albert Loose (born 1873 in Königsberg, murdered 1943 in Sobibor) was merchant in Königsberg. He emigrated 1933, lived in Spain and later in the Netherlands from where he was deported…
The famous former Königsberger (1928-2021) received a greeting at his residence from the opening of the synagogue in Kaliningrad. The author of the book "Zeugnis vom Untergang Königsbergs (Witness to…
Königsberg after the November pogrom (part 6) Lore Lessheim, who today lives in Perth/Australia under the name Zusman still keeps the saving telegram announcing the entry permit to Australia. This…
Königsberg after the November pogrom (part 4) Norbert Seelig, his sisters and his parents apparently had a very adventurous escape route from Europe. They left the continent for America…
Königsberg after the November pogrom (part 2) This picture owned by Nechama Drober shows the Jewish schoolchildren at a Hanukkah celebration in 1937. Fred (then still Siegfried) Flatow emigrated with…
After the November pogrom, a feverish search for emigration opportunities began. Some families managed to emigrate, others failed for various reasons. In the following we will tell you some episodes…
Moshe L. Meron (formerly Max Ludwig Segall) former Deputy President of the Knesset(Parliament of Israel) and Deputy Mayor of the City of Ramat Gan in Israel It is with great …