Visiting Program 2024
New information to the upcoming Visiting Program under News!

A Conversation with Dr. Dave Tell and Angelika Rieber

Find the link to the video in our news section.

Press release

In the News section you’ll know find an english version of the press release of the Project Jewish Life in Frankfurt considering the first encounter of the participants and the representatives of the participating schools of Frankfurt on june 27th.

Visit program 2023:
At the end of June 2023, a group of children and grandchildren of former Frankfurters will once again visit the former home of their ancestors as guests of the city.
For the 2022 visit program, see here.

The Newsletter July 2022 has been published.

Visit program 2022 – “Together we we still have much work to do!”

“Together we still have much work to do!”, with this appeal for the future, Wendy Schmelzer summed up the conclusion of her visit during her speech at the final reception in Frankfurt’s Römer. She was part of a group of children and grandchildren of former Frankfurter citizens who were guests in the former home of their parents and grandparents from 8th to 15th June at the invitation of the City of Frankfurt.
More about the visit program 2022 you`ll find under this Link.

The “Newsletter September 2021 has been published.

See new biographies!

Visiting Program 2019
In June a group of former citizens of Frankfurt and their descendants were invited to the city of Frankfurt, the former home of their parents or grandparents. The invitation of the city gave them the opportunity to see the sites of the grandparents`childhood and youth, visit their houses, the area they lived in, the graves of relatives and former schools. Reports and Pictures

Report about the visit of Renata Harris to commemorate the Kindertransporte , which saved up to 20 000 children 80 years ago here
Further Information

Frank Felsenstein writes in The Times of Israel about his visit to Frankfurt.

New: List of Authors and Index of Persons Named in the Biographies

Booklaunch: Rettet wenigstens die Kinder
The project has collected several biographies of former visitors who were saved by the Kindertransport. 20 of these biographies have now been published in a book: More information and reviews here

On the History of the Project
Jewish Life in Frankfurt see the new rex_article_content at About us

Projekt Jüdisches Leben in Frankfurt am Main – Spurensuche, Begegnung, Erinnerung e.V.

Participating

Are you interested in contributing to our activities?
Would you like to join us as a member?
Would you like to sponsor the project?

  • As a teacher you could invite guests of the city’s program to your school to meet your students
  • You could accompany the visitors to their family roots in Germany
  • You could help us transcribing or translating biographies
  • You can become a member – here is the application form: Application Form
    And of course, any donation would be very welcome:
    Bank account:
    Projekt Jüdisches Leben in Frankfurt am Main
    Frankfurter Volksbank
    IBAN: DE32 5019 0000 7100 5862 79
    BIC: FFVBDEFFXXX

If you are one of the former Frankfurter citizens of Jewish descent or related to one of them, if you have any questions or if you want to make a contribution to the remembrance of the former Jewish life in Frankfurt, please contact us. We are looking forward to hear from you. Here you find our questionnaire:

We’d be pleased to hear from you. Contact