Meeting in Berlin about Museum in Kaliningrad

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

Driesen Foundation Staircase

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. ……

Koenigsberg Hoffmannstr 18

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

Opening Restaurant Synagogue

Kosher dining room in Kaliningrad

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

Jews in East Prussia Kaukehmen

Hohenbruch’s Secrets

The two commandant office buildings are still standing April 2019 – On our excursion we came to Lauknen, which later became Hohenbruch and today is