Jewish Heritage Europe

Italy: Discovering Jewish built heritage in the Digital Library of Italy’s main Holocaust research center

The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation Foundation (CDEC) is Italy’s main research institution on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but thanks to a growing digital library project launched in 2015 it is also a key online source of visual and archival … continue reading →

Poland: Death of Dr. Łucja Pawlicka-Nowak, longtime key activist regarding Jewish heritage and Holocaust studies & commemoration in Poland

We have recently learned of the death of Dr. Łucja Pawlicka-Nowak, for decades a key figure in research on the Holocaust and Jewish heritage in Poland. She died February 27 at the age of 82. Pawlicka-Nowak was the director of … continue reading →

An online exhibition of Memory Maps lets you “visit” the lost world of pre-WW2 towns, cities, and shtetls in eastern Europe the way they were remembered

A fascinating, and quite moving, online exhibit allows you to “visit” pre-war cities, towns, and shtetls in half a dozen countries through maps of them drawn from memory after the Shoah. Called “Atlas of Memory Maps,” the exhibit is mounted … continue reading →

COVID-19 restrictions: Loss of Jewish heritage tourism revenue hurts Prague Jewish community, Reuters reports — what is the impact elsewhere? Let us know!

Reuters has run an article about how, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the loss of tourism revenue from Jewish heritage sites owned or administered by the Prague Jewish community — in particular from the Prague Jewish Museum — is hurting the … continue reading →