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UK: Rich new online resource — a detailed interactive Memory Map of London’s Jewish East End

A rich new interactive digital resource provides detailed audio, video, and text information about the life and history of London’s East End — the city’s historic Jewish immigrant neighborhood. It’s a fascinating new resource to explore, at a time when … continue reading →

JHE Lon(ger) Read: Ecuador – (European) Jewish Heritage in “an Unknown Country”

In this JHE “Long(er) Read” we’re taking you somewhat off geographical topic…..to Latin America. JHE Contributor Michele Migliori recently spent a month in Ecuador, where he took time to visit and report on the Andean country’s Jewish cemeteries, which bear … continue reading →

Lithuania: New online book documents Jewish cemetery in Alytus. All epitaphs photographed & translated

A new online book offers a detailed documentation of the historic (and only surviving) Jewish cemetery in Alytus, Lithuania, with a brief history of the Jewish community, a map of the cemetery, and photographs and translations of the 99 stones … continue reading →

Lajos Erdélyi, Holocaust survivor and photographer who pioneered documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Romania, dies at 90

Photos of the Jewish cemetery in Gura Humorului, Romania, in the 1980 edition of Lajos Erdelyi's book

We mourn the death of Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Romania. Erdélyi, who was 90, passed away Sunday night in Budapest. … continue reading →

Poland: Using WW2 Luftwaffe Aerial Photos to Document the History of the Bagnówka Jewish Cemetery in Białystok

Recently, the Bagnówka Cemetery Restoration Project (BCRP) acquired World War II Luftwaffe Aerial Images of the Bagnówka Jewish Cemetery in Białystok, Poland from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These images are part of more than 1.25 million … continue reading →