The 2013 annual report of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) is now available online. It lists the Foundation’s activities, with brief descriptions of projects in Polish and English. Click here to access the … continue reading →
The horrible news that Jiří Fielder, a true mensch and one of the pioneers of Jewish heritage research in the Czech Republic, was murdered along with his wife in their Prague home has left us shocked, angry and utterly … continue reading →
In the mid-2000s Emil Fish, who left his native Bardejov, in eastern Slovakia, in 1949, founded an association to preserve Jewish heritage in his home town, the Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee. Among other things, the group is constructing a … continue reading →
The group Jews in East Prussia has reported that local authorities have granted a permit for the demolition of the abandoned, 200-year-old synagogue in Žemaičių Naumiestis (Neishtot-Tavrig in Yiddish), western Lithuania. Sam Gruber reports on the case — and what could/should/may be done — in … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl has posted the full text of the PhD thesis (University of Timisoara, Romania) by Florence Luxenberg-Eisenberg, focusing on the preservation and management of Holocaust memorial sites. (It also runs an interview with her, conducted by Krzysztof Bielawski). … continue reading →
