Jewish Heritage Europe

Czech Republic: Tribute book to Jiří Fiedler published

A tribute book honoring the memory and work of the pioneering Czech Jewish heritage researcher Jiří Fiedler, who along with his wife was brutally murdered in Prague last year, has been published. Called Archivist on a Bicycle, it was published … continue reading →

New look and expanded content for two important Jewish heritage web sites

  We are please to post links to two upgraded and expanded Jewish heritage web sites — Yerusha, which links Jewish archives across Europe, and the AEPJ, the Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage. Yerusha Literally translated … continue reading →

Valuable pre-WW2 photographs added to Virtual Shtetl

  Virtual Shtetl has added more than 200  archival photographs from the collections of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences to its website. Most of them are of pre-World War II synagogues and their interiors and  have … continue reading →

Interview with Virtual Shtetl’s founder, Albert Stankowski

  In the six years since it was founded, the Virtual Shtetl web site has become an extraordinary digital portal to news, information and data about Jewish heritage, history and sites in more than 2,500 localities in historic Polish lands. … continue reading →