This week, the 11,000th Jewish burial site in Europe was added to the Lo Tishkach database. Since 2007, Lo Tishkach has been steadily building up material on the database, researching through archival and historical material, compiling and comparing national records and verifying this information on site. While the 11,000 figure marks a considerable achievement and is testimony to the many people involved in researching, photographing and surveying sites, much of our work today is in updating records as we seek to visit and physically survey as many sites as possible. ...Read more »

Heritage experts from across south-western Poland joined a Lo Tishkach seminar in Katowice on April 29 at the launch of surveys in Silesia which will see all Jewish burial grounds in the region surveyed over the coming months. The seminar, which took place in the Jewish community centre in Katowice, was organised by community rabbi, Yehoshua Ellis. The project is supported by the Lo Tishkach Foundation and the Rothschild UK (Hanadiv) Foundation. ...Read more »

The second of Lo Tishkach survey reports in Transcarpathia has revealed increasing concern for the state of Jewish burial grounds in the region. Results of surveys in the Mizhhirskyi and Mukachivskyi raions in Zakarpattia oblast in western Ukraine conducted last year show a large proportion of cemeteries in the area unmarked, lacking demarcation and suffering severe neglect. ...Read more »

During a visit to the Jewish community in Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lo Tishkach Executive Director met with community leaders to discuss the current situation of Jewish cemeteries and mass grave sites in Bosnia- Herzegovina. A meeting also took place with leaders of the National Council of Religious Leaders who have taken major steps in ensuring preservation of these sites. ...Read more »

Lo Tishkach surveys across Latvia are nearing completion. The final surveys from the Latgale region have been arriving at the Lo Tishkach data hub in Brussels in recent days with publication of the report expected within the coming weeks. Over the past eighteen months, Lo Tishkach has surveyed and reported all the Jewish burial sites in the Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Zemgale regions as well as the capital territory in and around Riga, with only the Latgale region remaining. ...Read more »