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Alternate names: Koenigsberg,Kaliningradskaia.

  • Zum 50 jaehringen Bestehen des israelitischen Begraebnissplatzes vor dem Koenigstore, 1875-1925. (On the 50 years history of the Koenigsberg (Kaliningrad) Jewish cemetery), by J. Rosenthal. Kaliningrad, 1925. 28 pages, cemetery entrance photograph, German. S62B3088. Notes: 70 names + death date, 1875-1925, arranged by roles in the community, community history, statistics. This book has the library information subject matter as: Cemeteries-Russia-Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast. described as 28 p, ill. Source: Tragger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
  • Die Graeber unserer Lieben in: Festschrift zum 200 jaehrigen Bestehen des israelitischen Vereins f. Krankenpflege und Beerdigung Chevra Kaddisha zu Koenigsbert I. Pr.: Teil II (The graves of those we loved...), by E. Birnbaum. Kaliningrad, 1904, LVII, 39 pages. German & Hebrew inscriptions. S35V942. Notes: 779 tombstones, 1806-1863, 2 separate lists for men & women, list of identification of old & new names, list of the Burial Society leading personalities, list of cemetery reserved places, statistics, general index of family names.
  • UPDATE: Grave of 19th century scholar, Rabbi Israel, Salanter, dedicated in Summer 2001, was destroyed at the end of 2001. Source: Dateline, World Jewry, January 2002. [January 2002]