Jewish Heritage Europe

Italy: Discovering Jewish built heritage in the Digital Library of Italy’s main Holocaust research center

The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation Foundation (CDEC) is Italy’s main research institution on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but thanks to a growing digital library project launched in 2015 it is also a key online source of visual and archival … continue reading →

An online exhibition of Memory Maps lets you “visit” the lost world of pre-WW2 towns, cities, and shtetls in eastern Europe the way they were remembered

A fascinating, and quite moving, online exhibit allows you to “visit” pre-war cities, towns, and shtetls in half a dozen countries through maps of them drawn from memory after the Shoah. Called “Atlas of Memory Maps,” the exhibit is mounted … continue reading →

COVID-19 restrictions: Loss of Jewish heritage tourism revenue hurts Prague Jewish community, Reuters reports — what is the impact elsewhere? Let us know!

Reuters has run an article about how, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the loss of tourism revenue from Jewish heritage sites owned or administered by the Prague Jewish community — in particular from the Prague Jewish Museum — is hurting the … continue reading →

Join the new #MyParallelTraces project — send digital postcards of Jewish heritage to keep exploring while staying put at home

Are there Jewish Heritage sites close to your heart and memory? What are they? And what do they mean to you?  With the new #MyParallelTraces campaign launched by the AEPJ (European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture … continue reading →

Czech Republic: The NGO Tachov TAMUS reports on 2019 activities, including documentation and cataloguing of Czech Jewish cemeteries

The Tachov Archives and Museum Society (TAMUS), a Czech non-profit NGO deeply involved in documenting and preserving Jewish cemeteries and other sites, has released its Annual Report showing the scope of its activities in 2019, ranging from on-site cemetery work … continue reading →