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Genealogy project for Königsberg, East Prussia.Project started 13.8.2021. Under construction, pls add more information. Königsberg was the name for the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named in honour of King Ottokar II o...
Koenigsberg was one of the most important Jewish centers in Prussia/Germany. The former capital of East Prussia is part of Russia today, and is now known as Kaliningrad. The settlement of Jews was allowed only in the beginning of the 18th century despite the presence of Jewish traders from Poland and Lithuania at the Königsberg fairs since the middle of the 16th century. The Chevra Kadisha an...
This Jewish Town Project attempts to identify and collect Jewish individuals from or connected to Allenstein, Ostpreussen, now known as Olsztyn in Poland. Allenstein, the seat of the Warmian chapter was an important trading center since the 17th and 19th centuries, frequented by numerous Jews. But a Jewish community was established only at the beginning of the 19th century. The Jewish citizens...
This Jewish Town Project attempts to identify and collect Jewish individuals from or connected to Memel, Ostpreussen, now known as Klaipėda in Lithuania.The history of the Jewish community in Memel is relatively young and marked by many political changes. In the 19th century German Jews and immigrants from the Pale of Settlement met here. Especially after the First World War, when the area was ...
This Jewish Town Project attempts to identify and collect Jewish individuals from or connected to Guttstadt, Ostpreussen, now known as Dobre Miasto in Poland. Guttstadt was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, frequented by numerous Jews. But a Jewish community was established only at the beginning of the 19th century. The Jewish citizens developed a lively community lif...
This Jewish Town Project attempts to identify and collect Jewish individuals from or connected to Tilsit, Ostpreussen, now known as Sovetsk in Kaliningrad oblast. A well documented city in Jewish tradition and population. Many Jews lived in Tilsit. Tilsit was treated very badly during and after World War II. See:
under construction (Jan 15, 2021)
