Travels to the Sources 2020
Excursions through East and West Prussia. These places changed their rulers several times in history, which also had an impact on the migration of Jews overseas and within Prussia.
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3rd June 2020
The former Southern part of East Prussia (Ostpreussen) till 1945, Region Warmia (German: Ermland) and Masuria (German Masuren, Polish: Mazury)
History of the Jews in Saalfeld is not forgotten
We like to share this initiatives on the history of the Jews in Zalewo and have therefore translated this issue from Polish into English.
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21st May 2020
Jewish Cemeteries in Polish East Prussia
Increased cooperation with local initiatives will lead to more and more research results from Polish being made available in English and German to descendants living all over the world.
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26th April 2020
Christburg – today Dzierzgoń
We publish a new article about the Jewish cemetery of Dzierzgoń (in German: Christburg), Poland (Note: The city belonged to East Prussia from 1922-1945, before that, since the Polish partition of 1772, it belonged to West Prussia).
11th February 2020
Operation in Nikolaiken – Mikołajki
The Jewish cemetery in Mikołajki (the East Prussian Nikolaiken) from the year 1881 is one of the few preserved Jewish burial places in Masuria. Several dozen gravestones with Hebrew and German inscriptions can still be seen today. In October 2019, students from the Masurian city of Mrągowo (Sensburg) had a practical learning unit here, combined with a help mission.
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23rd October 2019
Translated: The history of the Jews in Rastenburg
In October 2019, the Blusztyn Association updated its publication on Jewish life in the city of Rastenburg and published it in English. The Association Jews in East Prussia is grateful…
18th October 2019
Jews of Preussisch Holland
Now we have two pages about Preussisch Holland in East Prussia (Pasłek in Poland). 1) List of 115 names of Jews from the cemetery register, 1851 to 1907 – from…
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16th October 2019
Rastenburg, thank’s for the gift of association Blusztyn
Paul Hecht was cantor in Rastenburg, later in Berlin. He survived the Theresienstadt camp, worked in Berlin after the war (photo) and emigrated to America. Rastenburg is a municipality of…
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4th May 2019
Allenstein - Olsztyn / Association News / Events / Holocaust and Prosecution / Koenigsberg - Kaliningrad / Personalities
Michael Wieck in Allenstein / Olstyn
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…
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15th April 2019
Allenstein - Olsztyn / Association News / Events / Family Stories / Holocaust and Prosecution / Koenigsberg - Kaliningrad
Meeting Michael Wieck in Warsaw
Michael Wieck passed away at February 27 2021, may his memory be blessed. Invitation to a meeting with Michael Wieck in Warsaw on April 16 2019. He was born in…
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8th April 2019