Walk through Jewish Koenigsberg
We invite you to discover the Jewish Königsberg in Kaliningrad. The first brochure describes the residential area where most of the Jews in the city
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Search for a Jewish dentist
Search for a Jewish dentist in Königsberg 1943
“Admitted to treatment of Jewish dental patients”
The Mikveh for Kaliningrad
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
German radio: A landmark of Jewish life
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.
Happy Birthday, Leonore!
Happy 90 th Birthday! Leonore Echt was born in 1929 in Insterburg (today Chernjachowsk, Russian Federation Kaliningrad Oblast). In Johannesburg (South Africa) we celebrated the birthday …….
Nordenburg Interwar Period
Nordenburg, today Krylowo in the Kaliningrad region (Russian Federation), the town is located directly north of the border to Poland. There were 13 Jewish families living in Nordenburg
Jews on the Battlefield of the Great War
Remembering the Jewish Soldiers of all Armies in WW1. Events at 06th October 2019 in Kaliningrad (Russia, former Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany)
Talks in Berlin about Kaliningrad
(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
From Shelter to Deportation – Driesen Foundation
…. . 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. ……
Judenhaus Hoffmannstreet 18
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