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 →
An interesting article in the Sheffield, England Telegraph reports on controversial plans by a farmer to build a family mausoleum in a wooded area that is the site of an abandoned Jewish cemetery. The cemetery apparently is listed as … continue reading →
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Serbia has issued a protest at what it called the “catastrophic” condition of the historic Jewish cemetery in Nis and called on the authorities to take actions. It said that on a recent … continue reading →
Debates have been going on in Warsaw over the Jewish community’s planned demolition of the Jewish community building at Twarda 6, one of the few 19th century buildings to survive in that part of the city, to make way for … continue reading →
In Vilnius, the hillside Užupis cemetery, the final resting place of some 70,000 people, was demolished under Soviet rule in the 1960s and basically used as a quarry for building material….Many of the gravestones were used to construct a stairway … continue reading →
