The last Rabbi of Memel
The last rabbi of Memel / Klaipeda before the war was Dr Simon Schlesinger (1893–1959), He arrived in the town from Cologne in 1932.
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9th June 2026
Irma, Ralph from Vistitis visiting Feliks Pozemskis in Klaipeda
Excursion: East Prussia’s border regions with Lithuania Part 1
Visit of the Jewish community in Klaipeda that provides religious services and commemorates the Jewish history and culture of the port city.
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4th August 2025
Jewish photographers of Klaipeda / Memel
Some remarkes about Jewish photographers by us, contribution to Camera Obscura, the cultural history and provenance research project of Pre-Second World War Lithuanian Jewish photographs.
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16th March 2025