The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation Foundation (CDEC) is Italy’s main research institution on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but thanks to a growing digital library project launched in 2015 it is also a key online source of visual and archival … continue reading →
The process has gotten under way to physically remove cobblestones made from Jewish gravestones that had been used to pave a popular pedestrian area in downtown Prague. The Prague Jewish community reported on its web site and Facebook page that … continue reading →
Ongoing restoration work at Warsaw’s vast Okopowa street Jewish cemetery saw the repair and renovation of dozens of headstones and monuments last year. On its web site devoted to the cemetery’s restoration, Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation listed a total of … continue reading →
As Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease in some countries, the Jewish Museum in Prague announces that it will re-open on May 11 — and is offering a special discount entry fee for visitors. Do you know plans for other sites … continue reading →
A fascinating, and quite moving, online exhibit allows you to “visit” pre-war cities, towns, and shtetls in half a dozen countries through maps of them drawn from memory after the Shoah. Called “Atlas of Memory Maps,” the exhibit is mounted … continue reading →
