The Lo-Tishkach Foundation European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative has provided valuable lists of dozens of Jewish cemeteries and mass grave sites in parts of Ukraine and Latvia that need marking, maintenance or memorializing. Similar lists are promised for Lithuania and Poland. … continue reading →
According to pictures on the Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin edition web site, progress has been made on a housing estate in Bilgoraj, in southeast Poland, that is being constructed as something of a living “shtetl skansen” — or open air shtetl museum. … continue reading →
Christian Herrmann has provided an update on the recently discovered murals he saw in a small room of the Groisse Shil — Great Synagogue — in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz), now used as a carpentry workshop. He writes on his Vanishing World … continue reading →
Christian Herrmann reports on his Vanished World blog that on a visit this week to the former Great Synagogue (Groisse Shul, or Shil) in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) he discovered that intricate wall paintings have been revealed. They show detailed renditions of … continue reading →
The public is invited to “open doors” events at the Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, in northeast Romania, on Sept. 6 and 8, between 4 and 6 p.m. The events are sponsored by the Leolam Jewish Heritage Foundation, which was founded … continue reading →
