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 2019. Her father, Ernst Grumach,…
The Jewish public libraries were confiscated in 1939. By order of the RSHA [Reich Main Security Office] Department VII, the packing in crates and the transport to Berlin had 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 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…
Entry to the writer Abraham Mapu from the directory of the Chewra Kadischa in Königsberg. Mapu, who was from Kowno, died at the age of 59 years on 9 October…
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 one of the first explorers…
Aron Liebeck is our main narrator in the exhibition "Jews in Koenigsberg" of 2017. In his memoirs he describes things that others did not consider important. We added him now…
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…
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…
The new series about the pogrom night 2018 on Facebook, what happened 80 years ago.....