—extremely vivid and informative! Why do we at the Association of Jews in East Prussia have a special interest in Vilkaviskis?
This year, on October 6, we would like to remember him—a man who always described himself as an optimist and a happy person. He was born 100 years ago, in 1926, in Königsberg.
On September 23 2026, the Gargždai Historical Museum observed the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews.This year marks the 85th anniversary of the start…
The Museum of the History of Lithuania Minor is presenting the exhibition LEON from September 4 to October 10, 2026 in Klaipeda
Mrs. Puhn has returned to Klaipėda! The mural has been installed at the spot in the Old Town of Klaipeda.
The Klaipėda Jewish community invited to the event during which the names of the 1,225 people, buried in the cemetery, were presented. Opening of a publick exhibition.
As soon as the imposing figure of R. Isser […] with his flowing snow-white beard appeared on the streets of Königsberg, people knew right away that a circumcision was taking place that day.
Jewish families who had come from Memel and fled to Kaunas were also deported.
The last rabbi of Memel / Klaipeda before the war was Dr Simon Schlesinger (1893–1959), He arrived in the town from Cologne in 1932.
...... The painting of the then-young family was housed at the Jewish Museum Berlin and was photographed in 1934. Today, the painting is considered lost ......