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Lithuania — Jewish gravestone fragments used as building materials for a school

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 →

Welcome to the JHE News Feed!

This is the first post on what we hope will develop into the richest source on the web of news and information on issues relating to Jewish heritage and heritage sites in Europe. Our main focus will be Jewish built … continue reading →