Memel Territory (Memelland), till 1919 part of East Prussia (Ostpreussen, Germany)
1920-1923 under Council of Anmassadors, French troops
1923-1939 Republic of Lithuania
1939-1945 under German Rule
1945-1990 Part of Sowjet Union
since 1990 Republic of Lithuania

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Photographer of Jewish Memel?

Leon Balk - it is currently very exciting to find out more about this photographer, who was apparently the photographer of the Jewish scene in Klaipeda / Memel in the interwar period.

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Schmalleningken in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, October 30, 2024: A small songbook from Schmalleninken (Schmaleningken) clarifies: The synagogue was inaugurated on September 18, 1865! Schmaleningken (today Smalininkai in Lithuania) is the easternmost town in the…

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Pilviškiai 1798

When the small and still very young town of Pilviškiai came under Prussian administration in 1795 during the Third Partition of Poland-Lithuania, a census of the Jewish inhabitants was arranged. It took place in 1798.

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