We list cross-border, regional or Europe-wide projects here. Resources and information on Jewish cemeteries in individual countries will be found in the specific country pages.
The Association for Gravestone Studies
General resource on cemeteries, preservation issues, etc. Not specifically Jewish.
Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe
Site on cemeteries in general; with European cemetery route.
Council of Europe, Report on Jewish Cemeteries
May 10, 2012 report summarizing the situation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe, ahead of the ratification of an resolution calling for their care and maintenance
DOCUMENTATION
International Jewish Cemetery Project
A Non-Profit Volunteer Cooperative Initiative of IAJGS: International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and JewishGen, Inc’s JOWBR to Identify Jewish Burial Sites and Interments Throughout in the World
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
The JOWBR aims to catalog data about Jewish cemeteries and burial records worldwide, from the earliest records to the present. It is a searchable database of names and associated information, including photographs of gravestones. As of December 2013, JOWBR contains more than two million burial records from 4,200 cemeteries in 83 countries.
A web site established by the scholar Heidi M. Szpek an online resource for disseminating information about the content and value of the Jewish epitaph and its associated tombstone and cemetery.
Lo-Tishkach – European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
Founded in 2006 as a joint project of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Among its aims is to compile a comprehensive publicly-accessible database of all Jewish burial grounds in Europe — more than 9,000 cemeteries and mass graves. The Lo Tishkach project is also producing a compendium of the different national and international laws and practices affecting these sites.
PRESERVATION & PROTECTION
Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe
Religious organization engaged in rescuing, restoring, and preserving abandoned Jewish cemeteries and grave sites; a recognized Halachic expert authority on Jewish cemeteries and mass graves.
Dartmouth University: Project Preservation
Every year, Dartmouth University (NH) Hillel takes a group of students from different ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds to eastern Europe to restore the cemetery of a once vibrant Jewish community. So far, such projects have been undertaken in Pristina (Kosovo), Sanok (Poland), Yurburg (Lithuania), Druzhkapol (Ukraine), Lunna (Belarus), Indura (Belarus) and Sopotskin (Belarus)
European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
Set up as a German-based non-profit organization in early 2015, it has the core objective of protecting and preserving Jewish cemetery sites across the European continent through delineation of cemetery boundaries and the construction of cemetery walls and locking gates.
Gravestone Preservation How-To web site
Extensive information about how to preserve, conserve and/or restore gravestones. The material is centered on (mainstream) historic cemeteries in the United States, but much of the how-to and technical information is valid for work in Jewish cemeteries in Europe. There are illustrations, step-by-step guides, an FAQ, a glossary of terms, links and other material.
Guide to Jewish Heritage Preservation in Western Ukraine
Though focused on three oblasts in western Ukraine, the detailed information and resources provided are valid for Jewish cemetery work elsewhere.
Heritage Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries (HFPJC) – Avoyseinu
616 Bedford Avenue Suite 2B
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Tel: 718 640 1470
Fax: 718 228 8368
Email: hfpjc@thejnet.com
Religious organization engaged in rescuing, restoring, and preserving abandoned Jewish cemeteries in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Western Ukraine, and some parts of Poland.