Jewish Heritage Europe

Lithuania: cemetery work in Kaunas

  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 →

Ukraine road trip: In Brody, New Signage at Fortress Synagogue ruin & New Recognition of Jewish History

  (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 →

Latvia: new Holocaust memorial sites database & interactive map

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 →

Greece: See photos of destruction of Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery

  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 →

Poland: Get involved with scientific survey of mass grave sites

  There are still a couple days to sign up to take part in the next stage of the  “Holocaust Killing Sites” project that uses ground-penetrating radar and other non-invasive technologies to map Holocaust mass grave sites. The project,  Recording … continue reading →