Since 1820, Jewish bathers have been recorded on Norderney. Their increasing number led to the first merchants and cooks opening shops on the island or offering kosher food during the bathing season. In 1845, the butcher Abraham von der Wall moved to the island and opened a Jewish restaurant. For Jewish bathing guests, the synagogue […]
The Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania
In 2004, Romania took an essential step in the process of addressing its national history and dealing openly with its past: The International Committee for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania, chaired by Elie Wiesel, established the responsibility for the tragedy of Jews in Romania and the territories administrated by it. Following the committee’s […]
Installment of the first “Stolpersteine” in Solingen
On May 28, 2004, the first “Stolpersteine” (stumbling blocks) were installed in front of the building at Klemens Horn Strasse 6. Here, the artist Gunter Demnig laid three stones for the murdered members of the Dessauer family: Samuel, Marianne, and Heinz. Born out of an initiative of the “Solingen Appeal”, the “Circle of Supporters of […]
Memorial and educational center for the history of the Breisach Jews and the Jews on the Upper Rhine
Today the Blue House is a memorial and educational site for the history of the Jews of Breisach and the Jews of the Upper Rhine. After the acquisition of the former Jewish community center and its renovation, the inauguration was celebrated with Holocaust survivors from the community and their descendants from all over the world. […]
Inauguration of the Bergische Synagogue
In January 1997, the Circle of Friends of the New Synagogue was founded in Wuppertal, a citizens’ initiative that advocated a new building with a community center for the Bergische region. The Protestant regional church supported the project by donating a plot of land near the site of the former Barmer synagogue. On December 2, […]
The opening and ceremonial inauguration of the Elie Wiesel Museum
The Museum was inaugurated in 2002 to honor the life and activity of Elie Wiesel, as well as the memory of more than 40,000 Jews who lived in the region before the Second World War. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighetu Marmației on September 30, 1928. He was fifteen when he was deported with his […]
Holocaust Fund of the Jews of Macedonia
The Jewish roots in North Macedonia are ancient. One of the oldest known synagogues outside the Land of Israel is in the ancient city Stobi, dating back to the first century AD. This means that the Jews have been present in these territories since more than two millennia. The demographic structure of the Jews in […]
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki was inaugurated on May 13th 2001. It was established by the local Jewish Community to keep the memory of the long Jewish presence in the city. Besides its permanent exhibition and the maintenance of its collections, the Museum organises temporary exhibitions, seminars for school teachers, and scholarly conferences. The Museum […]
The community remained strong
After a difficult phase of internal renewal within the Jewish community, Max Privorozki took over as president of the community in February 1999. He represents the interests of the community in the city and is Chairman of the State Association of Jewish Communities in Saxony-Anhalt, which is a member of the Central Council of Jews […]
The public broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk commits itself to the preservation of Auschwitz
On November 19, 1998, NDR editor Patricia Schlesinger reported in the magazine “Panorama” about the use of donations that ARD viewers had donated over several years to build and maintain the Auschwitz concentration camp memorial. „The fall of the Iron Curtain also opened paths leading back into the darkest chapter of German history. The Norddeutscher […]
Old-new and authentic. Museum and Place of Remembrance of Jewish Berlin
The Centrum Judaicum was reopened in 1995 after a seven-year reconstruction phase. Today the iconic building is a Berlin landmark, a museum and once again the seat of the Jewish Community of Berlin – and an internationally renowned place of remembrance. The permanent exhibition “Tuet auf die Pforten” (“Door to the Gates”) on the history […]