European Days of Jewish Culture 2021 and other special events
Interview with David Weis, President of the Liberal Jewish community of Esch-sur-Alzette Jguideeurope: Can you share with our readers some of the recent cultural events organized in Esch-sur-Alzette? David Weis: We organized a concert (both online and in situ) on Yom Haatzmaut (300 people). We organized a commemoration for the international day of Holocaust remembrance as well as the ...
Plus d'infosUntil June 1, 2021 The bilingual open-air exhibition is on display at Place de la Resistance in Esch-sur-Alzette. It features 30 large-format panels showing works by French artist Francine Mayran. These paintings deal with the memory of the Second World War, the Shoah and the Porajmos, the genocide of the Roma, but also forced displacement and flight. The plastic treatment of paintings takes ...
Plus d'infosThe first documents attesting to the presence of Jews in Luxembourg date from 1276, when an act mentions the Jewish religion of Henri de Luxembourg. The Jews have lived in the Pétrusse valley at the time. Persecutions, leading in some cases to death, followed charges of poisoning wells during the plague epidemic of 1348. The Jews who survived these persecutions fled the country, from which ...
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