The recent discovery of the book of funeral records for the Jewish cemetery in Deutschkreutz, Austria, may help map the graves in cemetery, which was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. According to Austrian media, the records … continue reading →
The important, and beautifully restored, Baroque synagogue in Lancut, Poland will be reopened to the public on April 28 until the end of August. The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland announces that the synagogue, dating … continue reading →
The Warsaw Voice ran a story recently about the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. It came out before the acting director’s resignation and the news in the Polish media of tensions that could delay the planned April … continue reading →
Polish media is reporting troubles and tensions that may delay the opening of Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, scheduled for April 2013 on the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Ha’aretz picked up a … continue reading →
MACEVA, the non-profit organization founded by Lithuanian psychologist Aleksandr Avramenko and Lithuanian author Sergey Kanovich, has announced that it is digitizing, reconstructing and cleaning three more abandonded Jewish cemetery sites in Lithuania: the cemeteries in Pabrade, Dieveniskes and Utena. … continue reading →
