ESJF surveyed 100 sites in the past weeks in Lithuania in the framework of the pilot project funded by the European Commission. Lithuania is the last of the 5 countries where ESJF is conducting ground surveys this year. The surveys were supported by local partners Community of Lithuanian Jews, Lietuvos žydų bendruomenė, especially national coordinator…
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ESJF started surveying in Chernivetska oblast; we have already visited over 60 sites. In many cases, our work concerns making sure the presence or absence of Jewish cemeteries in places where the historical record suggests a possibility of long-term Jewish presence, but where accurate documentation was hitherto missing. However, something unexpected happened last week, when…
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The 2019-2020 EU grant that ESJF received from the European Commission entails a mass survey of 1500 Jewish cemeteries in 5 countries, as well as educational programs, building cooperation with local authorities and spreading the word about our shared heritage. Between 5-7 June, policy officer Maciej Hofman from the European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth,…
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The ESJF team began the ground surveys in Mykolaiv oblast, southern Ukraine. We planning to visit 45 cemeteries altogether. In Mykolaiv there has not been a comprehensive list of Jewish cemeteries before. ESJF in-house historian, Kateryna Malakhova conducted archival research and identified 16 places documented Jewish cemeteries, that have not previously been assessed by researchers.…
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The video clip (in Russian with Romanian subtitles) ESJF’s work surveying 150 Jewish cemetery sites in the Republic of Moldova has been covered in a short documentary by journalist Eugenia Creţu for Radio Free Europe Moldova. The news item, titled “Salvarea de uitare” (“Saving from oblivion”), is part of the channel’s series “Pur și simplu”…
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