06 July 2009

Poland: Jewish heritage sites documentary

A new CD documentary on Polish Jewish heritage sites has been produced by Yad LeZehava (Israel) is free for the asking.

The group has helped to restore these sites to some extent during guided heritage trips. The CD documentary includes ruins of cemeteries and synagogues and mass grave memorial plaques.

Locations included:

Warszawa and Praga cemetery
Lodz
Chelm
Novy Korczyn
Josefow
Bialystok
Stawiski
Wasosz
Jedwabne
Rzeszow and Glogow forest
Jaroslaw
Krushliza Walanow
Brzozowie
Krasznik
Szydlowicz
The CD is free as part of the Eshel Project, which will continue reclamation and documentation work. Data collected will be shared with JewishGen in accordance with a cooperative agreement.

For more information, contact Meir Shilloh and Avigdor Ben-Dov.

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