Jewish Heritage Europe

Ukraine: “City of (un)Memory” – Virtual Tour of Holocaust sites in Lviv

The Center for Urban History in Lviv has posted on its web site an informative virtual tour of Holocaust sites in the city. It is part of the Center’s “Lviv Interactive” project and was designed on the basis of the … continue reading →

In our new Have Your Say personal essay, Jaroslav Klenovský looks back on 4 decades of Jewish Heritage work in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

Jaroslav Klenovský is a pioneer in the documentation and preservation of Jewish heritage in what today is the Czech Republic. Based in Brno, he has worked since 1980 to protect and preserve immovable Jewish heritage, particularly in Moravia. In addition … continue reading →

REDISCOVERing “concealed” Jewish heritage in the Danube Region: a 3-year, EU-funded tourism & education project in 8 countries

Nine mid-sized cities in Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina are taking part in an EU-funded, trans-border tourism and educational project under the title “Rediscover, expose and exploit the concealed Jewish heritage of the Danube Region.” The … continue reading →

Slovakia: With new official brochure, Jewish Heritage is now fully integrated into Bratislava’s official tourism and cultural promotion

The Jewish heritage of the Slovak capital, Bratislava, has been fully integrated into the city’s tourist and cultural product, with a new brochure and official web pages that complement a series of linked web sites and other online resources prepared … continue reading →

Our new Have Your Say essay: Prof. Marcin Wodziński — winner of a National Jewish Book Award — on “atlassing” Hasidic heritage

The timing of our new Have Your Say essay is special. Prof. Marcin Wodziński of  the University of Wrocław, Poland just won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship for his volume Historical Atlas of Hasidism. The awards were … continue reading →