In this publication in the form of a kind of excursion "What they are silent about at home. Jews in the history of Nizhny Novgorod" shows the history of the Nizhny Novgorod Jewish community and the participation of Jews in the life of the city in the late XIX - early XXI centuries. It is told about different generations of Nizhny Novgorod Jews who contributed to science and technology, education and medicine, culture and art of the ancient Russian city and preserved their national history, tradition, culture...