It’s that time of year again — The 2023 Vanished World Jewish Heritage Calendar by the Cologne-based photographer Christian Herrmann is available for free download from his Vanished World web site.
Each year, Christian puts together a calendar featuring images from his wide-ranging travels in Eastern Europe photographing Jewish heritage sites. It’s a gift, he says, “to all who followed my trips through Eastern Europe’s Jewish past and present.”
This year, the photos are from Lithuania.
Christian writes:
2021 had been a difficult year for me and I hoped for a better 2022. The hope was in vain. On 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, a country where I have many friends, where I have travelled a lot and which I love. I had also planned a trip to Ukraine for spring 2022. It was not possible. Instead, I went to Lithuania twice to take photos for my book “Grenzland | Borderlands”, which will be published in early 2023. However, the trips to Lithuania were more than a substitute for Ukraine. The country looks back on an incredibly rich Jewish history. A selection of the photos taken during these trips can be seen in the new Vanished World calendar. May 2023 be better than 2022!
Click here to download the calendar, in either German or English
1 comment on “The 2023 “Vanished World” Jewish Heritage Calendar, by photographer Christian Herrmann is available for free download”
Thank you!
(From the daughter of a Litvak)