Lithuania / Klaipeda

Jewish cemetery of Klaipeda

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Klaipeda

Žiedų skg. 3, Klaipėda, 91227 Klaipėdos

Historical description

Klaipeda

Klaipeda is the former German city of Memel, a place where Judaism came under the influence of the modern nineteenth-century Orthodoxy originating in Germany. The city is still home to some 300 Jews. Despite limited rights of residence, the Jewish presence in ... Read more