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Call for Papers: Eric Mendelsohn’s Offices. International Networks of a Jewish Architect in the 20th Century. Deadline for submission April 15

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the workshop: Eric Mendelsohn’s Offices. International Networks of a Jewish Architect in the 20th Century Venue: Bet Tfila – Research Center for Jewish Architecture in Europe, TU Braunschweig Date: 16–17 September … continue reading →

Poland: There’s a project to preserve, protect, and display the unique wooden mikvah discovered in Oświęcim, the town where the Nazis built the Auschwitz camp. It will form part of the town’s growing commemorative framework.

The Castle Museum in Oświęcim has embarked on a project to preserve, protect, and display the unique wooden mikvah discovered in the town in 2023. As we posted at the time, the mikvah, believed to be a unique example of … continue reading →

UK: Bletchley Park, the site of the top secret World War II operation to decrypt the Nazi Enigma cyphers, was once what is known as a Jewish Country House — take a look

Bletchley Park mansion

Bletchley Park, a sprawling estate north of London, was the site of the World War II top-secret complex where an extraordinary group of people labored night and day to break the Nazi Enigma codes and other encryptions. Their work was … continue reading →

Poland: The former synagogue in Poznan is for sale for c. €8.2 million. A protected monument, it can be converted to a hotel or apartment but must allocate space for a Jewish history museum

The long disused synagogue building  in Poznan — which the Nazis turned into a swimming pool — is up for sale, with the asking price of 35 million zloty (€8.2 million). Any conversion must include a space for a local … continue reading →

Kristallnacht anniversary 2025: countering destruction with images of wonderful surviving — and restored — synagogues

Tje ark, topped by a crown. Restored synagogue in Budyně nad Ohří, Czech Republic

The  night of November 9-10 marks the 87th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … continue reading →