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Austria: Government to help restore cemeteries; Germany: Medieval gravestones identified, new Jewish cemetery approved; Poland: New memorial, cemetery clean-up; Romania: Rededication of restored gravestones;Russia: Cemetery restoration. |
New Memorial at Radom Jewish Cemetery
October 8, 2010. A new memorial monument at the Jewish Cemetery in Radom in Central Poland will be inaugurated on November 8, the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) has announced. The monuments consists of a lapidarium featuring gravestones from this and other Jewish cemeteries in the region. Read the original article…
Clean-up Works at Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
October 11, 2010. Inmates of the Lupkow prison in Poland have cleaned up Jewish cemeteries in Dukla and Wola Michowa. The initiative is part of a nation-wide project of cemetery care and restoration by Polish prisoners.Read more…
Jewish Cemetery Restored in Russia
October 13, 2010. With the help of local Jewish entrepreneurs, the old Jewish Cemetery in Penza (Russia) has been restored. The works included repair of gravestones and fences and the construction of new entrance gates. Large-scale restoration followed initial projects to clean the site from debris and vegetation overgrowth. Read the original article…
Rededication of Vandalised Gravemarkers at Bucharest Jewish Cemetery
October 14, 2010. On November 1st, 131 restored gravestones and markers will be rededicated the Bucharest Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery. The monuments, which were vandalised in October 2008, have been repaired with the help of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad and FEDROM, the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania.
Jewish Gravestones Used for Construction of a 14th-Century Castle in Germany
October 15, 2010. Gravestones from a Jewish cemetery found to be used for the construction of a 14th-century castle have been identified. Archaeological research conducted in 2007 established that the stones had been removed from the cemetery used by the Frankfurt Jewish community up until the 1349 pogrom. The castle itself was destroyed in 1382, when the stones were covered with mud, explaining their relatively good state. It is planned to exhibit some of the gravestones in a regional museum as well as in the Jewish Musuem in Frankfurt. Read the original article…
Restoration of Austrian Jewish Cemeteries to Begin in 2011
October 24, 2010. Following years of debate, the Austrian Government has decided to provide one million euros per year for the restoration of the country’s Jewish cemeteries. The decision comes nine years after the signature of the so-called Washington Agreement requiring the federal authorities to maintain Jewish burial sites in Austria. According to the Austrian Jewish Community, restoration of all Jewish cemeteries in the country will cost about 40 million euros. Read the original article…
New Jewish Cemetery in Germany Approved
October 26, 2010. Local authorities have authorised the construction of a new Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt (Oder), near the Polish-German border. The community’s traditional Jewish Cemetery has not been in use since the end of World War II due to its location on Polish territory. Read the original article…
