
ESJF 2019 — 2020 cemetery surveys in five European countries
In the framework of the European Commission’s pilot project «Protecting the Jewish cemeteries of Europe: a full mapping process with research and monitoring and individual costed proposals for protection», ESJF was awarded 800,000 EUR to survey 1,500 Jewish burial sites across five European countries.
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Secondary school educational outreach in Ukraine completed in Vyshnivets
With the educational project on November 14th in Vyshnivets, Kyiv oblast, ESJF educational outreach in Ukraine to secondary school students has been completed under the pilot project co-funded by the[…] Read more

First educational projects of our EU-funded pilot project take place in Ukraine
Educational activity under the pilot project that sponsors ESJF’s mass surveys in 2018-2020 has begun in Ukraine. On November 6th, educator and Jewish cemetery expert Dr. Alexandra Fishel led around[…] Read more

Educational outreach in Slovakia coming to a close
ESJF’s educational projects in Slovakia are wrapping up. The projects, carried out with secondary school students in seven eastern Slovakian schools, have piloted ESJF’s educational activity in the country, serving[…] Read more

ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
ESJF is a German-based NGO active in Central and Eastern Europe. ESJF started its work in 2015, surveying and fencing Jewish cemeteries in order to protect them from destruction. With funding from the European Union, ESJF is now taking this work on a different scale. Using cutting-edge drone technology and in-depth historical research as part of its new project, ESJF is mapping around 1,500 Jewish cemetery sites in Greece, Moldova, Slovakia, Lithuania and Ukraine, drawing up individual, costed proposals for protection, and setting up cooperation with local authorities and the broader public, to engage people in protecting Jewish heritage across various communities.
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