Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: New lapidarium memorial in Poznan; a reflection on the return of broken gravestones

By now, it is fairly common — at least in Poland, but also elsewhere — to use the recovered fragments of gravestones from destroyed Jewish cemeteries to create Holocaust memorials. (We wrote about the recovery of gravestones and fragments in … continue reading →

Lithuania: Still time to see a photo exhibition on Lithuanian synagogues

If you’re in Lithuania — there is still time to see “Back to Shul,” an exhibition of photographs of Lithuanian synagogues by the British photographer Richard Schofield, the founder and creative director of the International Centre for Litvak Photography. The … continue reading →