Jewish Heritage Europe

Lithuania: the new (and developing) “Lost Shtetl” memorial site at Šeduva

On October 9, 2015 the impressive “Lost Shtetl” memorial complex was officially dedicated in and around the small town of Šeduva, Lithuania, with a ceremony attended by  Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and other VIPs, including Amir Maimon, Israel’s first ambassador to Lithuania; Darius … continue reading →

L’viv: Photos of work on Synagogue Space project

  We posted the other day about the construction that has begun to implement the Space of Synagogues memorial in L’viv. We post here pictures taken of the site, in front of the ruined Golden Rose synagogue, on November 8 … continue reading →

Slovakia: Jewish Heritage conference in Bratislava

    The Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia is organizing a conference  in Bratislava on November 9 — the anniversary of Kristallnacht — whose aim is to facilitate exchange of information about planned and already-implemented projects to preserve and restore Jewish heritage … continue reading →

European Jewish Cemeteries: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference

A cross-disciplinary conference on Jewish cemeteries in Europe, held October 25-28 in Vilnius, Lithuania, gathered some 60 experts from more than a dozen countries and touched on a wide range of topics within the broad framework of theory, policy, management, and … continue reading →

Old Jewish Cemetery documentation in Eisenstadt, Austria complete

An event Sunday will officially present results of a full documentation and digitization of the more than 1,000 headstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Eisenstadt, Austria, which was in use from around 1679 to 1875. The Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt … continue reading →