Notes on recent (or ongoing) cemetery restoration and preservation projects around Europe On his Vanished World blog, Christian Herrmann reports on the start August 9 of the SVIT work camp to clean up the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) … continue reading →
The Nova Synagoga project restoring the New Synagogue in Zilina, Slovakia and transforming it into an arts center will recognize donors to the €1 million project with an art work. The modernist synagogue, designed by the German architect Peter Behrens and … continue reading →
How has digital photography and the demise of photo prints changed the way we store and document? Once you have a digital camera — or smartphone, photographs are basically free. You no longer have to worry about coming to … continue reading →
We gladly repost this call for applications for the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) fellowships 2014: EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) invites applications for its fellowship programme for 2014. The EHRI fellowships are intended to support and stimulate Holocaust research … continue reading →
The Marek Edelman Dialogue Centre in Łodź, Poland, together with the Institute of Archeology of the University of Łodź, will organize archaeology workshops August 26-30 aimed at seeking out the foundations of the “Alte Szil,” or Old Synagogue, an elaborate, Byzantine-Moorish-style … continue reading →
