Eastern Europe, a region rich in history and culture, is home to some of the continent’s most captivating yet often overlooked towns. There are mediaeval fortresses to charming cobblestone ...

But many buildings that had housed historical synagogues in Eastern Europe are not listed, meaning once they are sold to private owners they can be altered and even demolished.

(JTA) — On a visit to the city of Slonim in Belarus, Ilona Reeves fell in love with a 380-year-old dilapidated building that used to house one of the area’s largest and oldest synagogues.

Holocaust museums missing from key historical sites in Eastern Europe By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA JULY 30, 2019 04:42 A BARBED-wire fence along Panrow Street, separating the two parts of the Kovno ...

The wars cost perhaps 200,000 lives and reshaped the map of south-eastern Europe. ... “We do not offend others, we are only restoring our self-esteem by insisting on the historical facts, ...