The Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, has completed another element in its complex of memorial sites in the city — transforming a Nazi bunker in the Jewish … continue reading →
Croatia has enacted legislation to protect 52 Jewish cemeteries around the country. The move by the Culture and Media Ministry was announced in late September at a news conference held at the Jewish community building in Zagreb. The government said … continue reading →
The Jewish military section of Vienna’s vast Central Cemetery has been reopened after two years of restoration work. The president of the Vienna Jewish Community and Austria’s Defense and Interior ministers took part in the public rededication ceremony August 22. … continue reading →
A (very) longterm research project to document Jewish cemeteries in Germany is getting underway. Over the course of the coming two decades and more, researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria will be documenting 35 selected Jewish cemeteries in great detail, … continue reading →
In February 2019, we posted about how the ruined and long-abandoned Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar, Serbia was under restoration sponsored by the city. The work has been completed, and Deutsche Welle this week posted a video about the restored … continue reading →
