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Jewish cemetery clean-ups 2026 – Round-up #1. Nearly 60 actions in 14 countries.

Each year we post several roundups of Jewish cemetery cleanups in countries all over Europe. In these round-ups, we show how hundreds of volunteers and others clean, restore, and maintain Jewish cemeteries around Europe — actions that are generally ignored … continue reading →

Poland: The main entry gate and walls of the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok have been rebuilt and refurbished

The main entry gate and walls of the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok have been rebuilt and refurbished, in a project carried out by the city of Białystok in collaboration with the Białystok Cemetery Restoration Fund (BCRF), with input from the … continue reading →

Slovakia: A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia  — is undertaking the  gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča

A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia  — is undertaking the  gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča, in  eastern Slovakia. It started in August with clean-up operations and hopes to complete … continue reading →

Poland: Around 2,500 fragments of matzevot used by the Nazis to construct underground rooms have been recovered from beneath a parking lot in Janów Lubelski

This autumn, around 2,500 fragments of matzevot were extracted from beneath the parking lot of the City Hall in Janów Lubelski, a small town near Lublin in eastern Poland. The Nazi German occupiers had used them to build three underground … continue reading →