Jewish Heritage Europe coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber traveled to Serbia April 8-12 on a fact-finding trip to assess the condition of two key Jewish heritage sites in the southern part of the country: the historic Jewish cemetery in Nis … continue reading →
According to a report (including video) on Moldovan TV, fire — possibly due to arson — has damaged what had been the already gaping ruins of an early 20th century synagogue, located on Rabbi Tirelson street. The fire was … continue reading →
The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, near Bialystok in northeastern Poland, was vandalized the night of March 18. Monika Krawczyk, the CEO of FODZ, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland, reports that police are investigating … continue reading →
The Jewish cemetery in the village of Derechin near Zelva in Belarus has been damaged by workers cutting down trees and letting them fall on the stones, reports the Russian online publication “Charter ’97.”
The report says the damage was carried out by an agricultural cooperative “under the guise of ‘improvement'” of the cemetery. (The Belarus Jewish Heritage Research Group had already reported the long-neglected cemetery as “ruined.”)
Vandals have toppled or damaged about 10 gravestones at the historic Jewish cemetery in the village of Puklice, near Jihlava in Moravia.The cemetery, listed as a national cultural monument, was probably founded in the 15th century; the oldest legible gravestone … continue reading →
