If you’re in the Czech Republic, you have two more weeks to see the exhibit on the grandiose synagogue in Olomouc, which was burned down by the local Fascists in March 1939 after the Nazi occupation of Bohemia … continue reading →
Two important new permanent exhibitions have recently opened in Poland. One, situated in the synagogue of the former Chachmei Yeshivat Lublin, focuses on the history of the Yeshiva and its founder, rabbi Meir Yehuda Shapira (1887-1933). The other, at … continue reading →
Work has been going on in Kaunas to clean up and complete the documentation of the long-neglected Žaliakalnis Jewish cemetery and also to research the site of World War II mass graves. The cemetery documentation is being carried out … continue reading →
(JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber recently visited Jewish heritage sites in more than 10 towns near Lviv in western Ukraine to observe conditions and note changes.) We didn’t know it at the time, but our visit to the town of … continue reading →
A recently launched online database and interactive map locates Holocaust memorial sites in Latvia. The database, Holocaust Memorial Places in Latvia, was elaborated “within the framework of a project of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia, … continue reading →
