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Good & bad news cemetery briefs, from Poland and Hungary

A quick round-up of some recent Jewish cemetery developments:   GOOD (AND GOODISH) NEWS   Restored Cemetery The Jewish cemetery in Głogów Małopolski, Poland was rededicated on May 12 after fencing and restoration work. The work included the reconstruction of an … continue reading →

New work documents destroyed German synagogues

  A new, two-volume English-language work documents the more than 1,300 synagogues and prayer houses destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom the night of November 9, 1938. The print edition, Pogrom Night 1938 – A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of … continue reading →