The former Southern part of East Prussia (Ostpreussen) till 1945, Region Warmia (German: Ermland) and Masuria (German Masuren, Polish: Mazury)
To celebrate the reopening, we are looking for pictures and documents of the families who used to live in Wartenburg.
"Farewell to Warmia and Masuria" Following the great success of the special exhibition "Farewell to Königsberg", a second part of this project is to be created in early summer 2024 and will travel through places in Warmia and Masuria.
At the lecture on November 24 in Olsztyn, Ruth Leiserowitz presented some new findings and discoveries about the Jewish history of the city to an interested audience. We got to…
A ceremony was held to present the official marking of the Jewish cemetery of Johannisburg in Masuria, that was established in the 19th century.
In the local history museum of Braniewo there we found hangers with the advertising imprints of a fashion store of Jacob Klein, Walter's father.
The small brick synagogue was built in 1860 in what was then Wormditter Street.
An important event NOV 8 on Palmnicken, in which renowned scientists and representatives of the relevant institutions and people engaged in current research participate and exchange their knowledge ........
Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz will talk Nov 7th in Olsztyn (Poland) about the history and the revival of Jewish life in Kaliningrad in her lecture entitled "Synagogue in Kaliningrad - a history written anew".
Update: At SEP 24 2021 Opening of the Museum of Local History in the building of the synagogue in Susz (Poland) the former West and East Prussian town Rosenberg. Invitation…
class photo from Ortelsburg (today Szczytno / Poland) from 1886 In a private album in Germany is the following class photo from Ortelsburg (today Szczytno / Poland) from 1886 was…