80 years ago, the first deportation train, which brought Jews from Königsberg, Tilsit and Allenstein to their death in Minsk, headed for its terrible destination. On the evening of June 24 1942 men, women and children had boarded the wagons.
Israel – descendants of the great Königsberg banking family Marx lend an old family item to the exhibition. Leipzig – the first model of the small “show houses” for stories about Jews of the city of Königsberg is hanging.
Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz will talk Nov 7th in Olsztyn (Poland) about the history and the revival of Jewish life in Kaliningrad in her lecture entitled “Synagogue in Kaliningrad – a history written anew”.
The Association Jews in East Prussia thanks all friends and supporters who accompany the work for the museum floor in the Kaliningrad synagogue. We are