Part 2: The books arrived in Berlin
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The new series about the pogrom night 2018 on Facebook, what happened 80 years ago…..