Capital of Kaliningrad County (Oblast) since 1945.
Former capital of East Prussia (Ostpreussen, Germany) till 1945
The Mikveh is still waiting to be furnished in the basement of the synagogue. For the religious life of the congregation, the possibility of visiting a Mikveh is a basic need. Many Jewish women are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to fully practice their religious lives
Original sounds (in German) of the descendants of the Jews from Königsberg and community members can be heard at the opening. And it is about the developments and plans around this outstanding building in the first year of its existence.
Remembering the Jewish Soldiers of all Armies in WW1. Events at 06th October 2019 in Kaliningrad (Russia, former Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany)
(Translated from German, FB post of East Prussian State Museum SEP 20 2019) Last November, after a few years, the Königsberg Synagogue was reopened after it had fallen victim to…
.... . 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. ......
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…
A training for city guides for two tours in the footsteps of the Jews of Königsberg was carried out in cooperation with the Association of Jews in East Prussia and…
It's happened! Today the kosher dining room in Kaliningrad synagogue started its work (at the site of the former Koenigsberger Syn.). It opened its doors to all those who want…
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 lady pictured, Hannah Masie, was a respected and well-known personality in Königsberg at the turn of the century, as she ran the kosher "Hotel Masie" in the Hintere Vorstadt…