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 →
The early 20th century synagogue in the town of Pušalotas and the building that housed the library and other Jewish institutions in the WW2 Vilnius ghetto are among four heritage sites newly placed under state protection by Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture. … continue reading →
A project is under way to restore the long-neglected graves of scores of Holocaust victims in Stockholm and to commemorate and identify those buried. The graves in question — whose markers are sunken into the soil and located in a … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Monika Krawczyk, the longtime CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ), who was elected this week as leader of Poland’s main Jewish umbrella organization, the Union of Jewish Religious Communities … continue reading →
