Alarm has been raised over the condition of the abandoned 18th century Jewish cemetery in Mysłowice, in southern Poland. Virtual Shtetl reports that the Mysłowice town office, the Jewish Religious Community in Katowice, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage (FODŻ) … continue reading →
A housing estate in Bilgoraj, in southeast Poland, is being constructed as something of a living “shtetl skansen” — or open air shtetl museum, according to a local newspaper. In an article reposted on Virtual Shtetl, Gazetz Wyborcza’s Lublin … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports on efforts to “liberate” a collection of rare, cast-iron Jewish grave markers that have been held for months in the police station in Krzepice, Poland after having been discovered in a local scrap yard. Read the full article … continue reading →
In June 2012, Marla Raucher Osborn recounted how a local man, an avid collector and local historian named Janusz Dąbek, had created a small but impressive museum with a Jewish permanent exhibition in Ulanów, a small town in southeastern Poland between Zamosc and … continue reading →
A new book on the Jewish cemetery in Jaworzno, Poland has been published, reports Virtual Shtetl. The authors are Leszek Hońdo, Dariusz Rozmus and Sławomir Witkowski, who carried out an inventory of the cemetery. The book comprises two parts. The … continue reading →
