Our efforts are not only to commemorate the fled and murdered Jews from East Prussia, but also to bring back the people erased from history into the history books. Individual…
The lady pictured, Hannah Masie, was a respected and well-known personality in Königsberg at the turn of the century, as she ran the kosher "Hotel Masie" in the Hintere Vorstadt…
The two commandant office buildings are still standing April 2019 - On our excursion we came to Lauknen, which later became Hohenbruch and today is called Gromovo in Russian. It…
Michael Wieck passed away at Feb 27 2021 - may his memory be blessed. A moving moment for all visitors to the Mendelsohn House was the final message when Michael…
Avraham Lewin from the Kibbutz Lavi has told the story of his family in a Hebrew book. Translated the title is “Life Story” He was born in 1924 in Koenigsberg and…
Yael Naaman from Jerusalem has told the story of her family by means of an extensive correspondence and compiled as a Hebrew book. Translated the title is "The Letters in Toni's Suitcase,…
In search of traces of the Königsberg library, the association "Jews in East Prussia" drove to Jerusalem and visited Dr. Irene Shirun-Grumach on 9 February 2019. Her father, Ernst Grumach,…
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 59 years on 9 October…
Benno (Benjamin) Stolzenberg (born 1827 in Königsberg, died 1906 in Berlin) was opera singer with tenor voice, singing teacher, composer, director of the Municipal Theatre. He startet his career in…
Albert Loose (born 1873 in Königsberg, murdered 1943 in Sobibor) was merchant in Königsberg. He emigrated 1933, lived in Spain and later in the Netherlands from where he was deported…