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Resources

Sources on the Jews of Königsberg  see:

  1. 1The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP) in Jerusalem helds

the files of the Königsberg Jewish community archives (1752-1938)

http://cahjp.nli.org.il/content/k%C3%B6nigsberg-%E2%80%93-synagogengemeinde

  1. 1The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (German: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz or GStA PK) in Berlin helds files of the town Königsberg

http://www.gsta.spk-berlin.de/english_941.html

  1. 1The State Archive (Polish: Archiwum Panstwowe) in Olsztyn, Poland held some files of the Königsberg Jewish community archives and files of the town Königsberg. Among them the “Conduiten-Atteste” (certificate of good conduct) from 1810-1817 and records (partially) of Jewish births (1912-1921), marriages (1844-1851, 1855-1927) and death (1910-1914).

http://olsztyn.ap.gov.pl/kontakt (There isn’t any information in English!)

  1. 1Ancestry, the huge source for online family history & genealogy give entrance to Selected Civil Vitals from Königsberg held in the Landesarchiv Berlin (Provincial archive). Here you can find online the following scans: Koenigsberg Data: birth certificates (1874-1899), marriage certificates (1874-1929) and death certificates (1871-1944). Unfortunately there are small gaps in the registries.

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60749

(If you look for birth certificates after 1899 and marriage certificates after 1929, you can ask to make an appointment to visit the Landesarchiv Berlin, email: bereitstellung@landesarchiv.berlin.de)        

  1. 1Address books from Königsberg from 1872 till 1906 are online:

http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/periodical/structure/4647750

  1. 1The Leo Baeck Institute, New York helds a collection with primary and secondary materials to the Jewish community of Königsberg

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=1563853

  1. 1The Memorial Book of the Federal Archives for the Victims of the Persecution of Jews in Germany (1933-1945) contains the names, personal details and personal tragedies of persons who were residents in the German Reich between 1933 and 1945 and who in addition were among the victims of the National Socialist persecution of Jews.(There are still gaps in the registries, especially for the deportation from Königsberg to Minsk at the 24th June 1942.)

https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html.en

by

Prof. Dr. Ruth Leiserowitz

Michael Leiserowitz

Member of Board

 

Juden in Ostpreussen e.V.

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10117 Berlin

Germany

 

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