Ostpreussen Briefe von Toni

Hidden history books

Yael Naaman from Jerusalem has told the story of her family by means of an extensive correspondence and compiled as a Hebrew book. Translated the title

Visit in Jerusalem Shirun Grumach

Part 3 Searching for traces

In search of traces of the Königsberg library, the association “Jews in East Prussia” drove to Jerusalem and visited Dr. Irene Shirun-Grumach on 9 February

Books Synagogue Koenigsberg

Where did the books disappear to?

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

Singer Teacher Stolzenberg

Benno Stolzenberg, Singer and Teacher

Benno (Benjamin) Stolzenberg (born 1827 in Königsberg, died 1906 in Berlin) was opera singer with tenor voice, singing teacher, composer, director of the Municipal Theatre.

Albert Loose aus Königsberg

Albert Loose

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

40th anniversary in office

Eduard Birnbaum

Pic: Courtesy of the Leo Beck Institute, New York Eduard Birnbaum (born 1855 in Krakow, died 1920 in Königsberg) was cantor, composer, choral conductor and