Jewish Heritage Europe

Adopt-a-Jewish-Cemetery project launched in Poland

  The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) has announced a new  “Adopt a Jewish Cemetery” initiative aimed at finding partners to commemorate family roots and Holocaust victims by helping maintain, mark or restore Jewish cemeteries … continue reading →

Polish strongmen partner to rescue Jewish headstones

JTA reports that a Polish federation of strongmen has announced its partnership with the From the Depths organization, whose work includes rescuing Jewish headstones that have been uprooted from cemeteries and used for construction and other purposes. From the Depths and the Polish … continue reading →

(Relatively) hot off the press!

  Several new books about Jewish heritage in various countries have come out in recent months. We are pleased to highlight some of them — and Mazel Tov to the authors!   Spurensuche (Searching for Traces) By Christiann Herrmann reserv-art … continue reading →

Documentation & new technology… the Jewish cemetery in Białystok, by drone…

  New technologies are changing the way we can document Jewish heritage sites — or at least how we can see them in the context of their surroundings. Photography, archival searches and on-site examination are still extremely important,  with digital … continue reading →

Polish Catholic Church Urges Poles to Care for Jewish Heritage Sites

The Catholic Church in Poland has called on Polish Catholics to care for Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and other physical traces of the pre-war Jewish population, and also care for the graves of Holocaust victims. The Polish Episcopate made the appeal … continue reading →