Marla Raucher Osborn, of the Rohatyn Jewish heritage project, reports on the recovery of dozens of fragments of Jewish gravestones that were used by the Nazis to pave the parking area of the Gestapo headquarters in Rohatyn, Ukraine. … continue reading →
Here’s a switch! A deconsecrated Protestant church in Germany will be converted into a synagogue to serve a Jewish community that was revived in 1998 and now numbers about 400. Deutsche Welle reports that the Schlosskirche, in Cottbuss, will be converted … continue reading →
There has been exhaustive coverage in the Polish and international media on the grand opening Oct. 28 of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The opening — at a ceremony presided over by the Polish and Israeli presidents amid several days … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl has been reporting on the discovery, conservation and painstaking transfer of a Yiddish wall painting — apparently a shop advertisement or sign — in Lublin. The sign was discovered in May at a house at 4 Cyrulicza St. in Lublin. It was decided … continue reading →
A crowd-sourcing campaign has been launched to create a lapidarium at the destroyed Jewish cemetery in Wronki, Poland, where hundreds of matzevot and fragments have been rescued from improper use and collected on the cemetery site. Most of the … continue reading →
