Jewish Heritage Europe

Austria: Baden Jewish cemetery restoration complete; see link to new Visitors’ Guide to Jewish cemeteries in Austria

After five years, the restoration of the Jewish cemetery in Baden, near Vienna, has been completed, and at a ceremony this week the cemetery was officially handed over to the local municipality, which will be responsible for its further maintenance.  The … continue reading →

Norway: National Heritage Board wants to list the Old Jewish cemetery and the Deportation memorial in Oslo as national monuments

Norway’s National Heritage Board wants to include the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery and a memorial to World War II deportations in the national roster of protected monuments. The two sites in Oslo are the Jewish cemetery at Sofienberg park and … continue reading →

Anniversary of Anniversaries: Bratislava — 20th Anniversary of the Chatam Sofer Memorial; 10th Anniversary of the Jewish Community Museum

The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Jewish Heritage Europe, and we will be celebrating it throughout the year with special content. The theme of JHE’s 10th birthday celebrations is the “Anniversary of Anniversaries” — that is, using JHE’s own anniversary to feature other significant or … continue reading →

Czech Republic Update: Monument made of gravestones cut into cobbles and used for paving is under construction

September 7 will see the unveiling of a new memorial constructed of hundreds of rescued Jewish gravestone fragments that had been cut into cobblestones during the communist era and used to pave a major pedestrian plaza in downtown Prague. The … continue reading →

New Books: Synagogues in Greece; Jewish Cemeteries in Central Europe

A number of new books dealing with Jewish heritage have been published in recent months, in several countries and in several languages; we will be highlighting some of them. Here are two — one (in German) on Jewish cemeteries in … continue reading →