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 →
Last year’s major exhbition at the POLIN museum in Warsaw — Frank Stella and Synagogues of Historic Poland — can now be visited online. The exhibit, which ran from February 18-June 20, 2016, presented a collection of works by … 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). – – – – Built in the 1740s and heavily damaged in World … continue reading →
We posted recently about the rediscovery of fragments of Jewish gravestones in Thessaloniki, Greece — historic Salonika — whose vast Jewish cemetery was destroyed before, during, and after World War II, and whose headstones were used for construction. Fifty thousand … continue reading →
A 10-day survey using non-invasive, ground-penetrating technology to locate Holocaust mass graves and killing sites in Rohatyn, Ukraine has just concluded. The survey was carried out by a team led by Dr. Caroline Sturdy-Colls from the Centre for Archaeology … continue reading →
