Location
Turgutlu
Strategically located on the trade route between Sardis and Izmir, Turgutlu was home to a large Jewish community. Gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1391 have been found here. In ...
Location
Priene
Compared with other cities, Priene was a modest town whose economic growth was always hindered by Miletus. During excavations carried out between 1895 and 1898, German archaeologists ...
Location
Tire
Tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1271 have been found in Tire’s old Jewish cemetery. The town’s hamam, which dates back to the 16th century, also houses a mikveh ...
Location
Sardis
In Hellenistic times, Sardis was home to one of the largest synagogues in the world. It was discovered by American archaeologists in 1960. It was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 17 AD.
Location
Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon is one of the thirty districts of the province of Izmir. The city lies 93 kilometres north of Izmir. What is now known as Bergama was built on the remains of the ancient city of ...
Location
Miletus
Inscriptions found in the give some indication of a Jewish presence. Dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, these engravings read “the place of the monotheistic Jews” or “the ...
Location
Manisa
Manisa is 125 kilometres from Izmir. On the wall of a house in the Ayvazpasa district, you can read the following inscription: “Starton, the son of the Jew Tyrannos had this tomb built for ...
Location
Ephesus
Located within the boundaries of the Selçuk district, Ephesus was one of the most important cities in Ionia during the Roman Empire and the Classical period. The ancient city is famous for the ...
Location
Aphrodisias
During archaeological excavations in Aphrodisias, an ancient city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, numerous inscriptions referring to a Jewish community were discovered. On three marble ...
Location
Akhisar
A Jewish community existed in Akhisar during the Hellenistic period. In 1904, the town still had 75 families and a synagogue, of which nothing remains today. After liberation from Greek ...
Location
Baza
The Jewish community of Baza dates back to the 11th century. The inhabitants of the judería were few in number but prospered thanks to the silk trade. A has been discovered here, an excellent ...
Location
Auschwitz – Birkenau
Auschwitz remains the most terrible symbol of the Shoah, a symbol that is periodically threatened with being either denied or reclaimed. Since 2005, however, the Museum’s curators have done ...
Location
Markowa
In the second quarter of 1942, the Germans began liquidating the Polish ghettos. According to the process put in place by the Occupier, the Jews of the village of Markowa, near Lancut, and those ...
Location
Seduva
Seduva is a town formerly known for its agricultural production. The Jewish presence in Seduva appears to be quite ancient, dating back at least to the 15th century. At the end of the 18th ...
Location
Siauliai
The town, capital of the region of the same name, enjoyed rapid prosperity in the 1800s thanks to its geographical location. Railways and companies were built relatively early on. Jews worked in ...
Location
Tirksliai
Tirksliai is a small town in northern Lithuania. The Jewish presence in Tirksliai probably dates back to the 18th century. Like most other regional religious establishments, the community built a ...
Location
Ziezmariai
Ziezmariai lies at the crossroads of the road between Vilnius and Kaunas, and was often crossed and attacked by troops during regional conflicts. The Jewish presence in the town of Ziesmariai ...
Location
Rezekne
Rezekne is built on seven hills, giving it its name. The Jewish presence in Rezekne probably dates back to the 18th century. The town’s Jewish population grew mainly in the second half of ...
Location
Ludza
Ludza is famous for its ancient castle. The Jewish presence in Ludza probably dates back to the 16th century, but continued from the 18th century onwards. At the turn of the 19th century, there ...
Location
Chambéry
The City of the Dukes is the historic capital of the States of Savoy. The Jewish presence in Chambéry probably dates back to the 14th century, following Count Edward’s call for their ...
Location
Annemasse
Annemasse, a town on the border with Geneva, developed mainly in the early 20th century. The Jewish presence in Annemasse probably dates back to the Middle Ages, but was quite small. This changed ...
Location
Annecy
This beautiful Alpine town between lake and mountains has been a favorite of residents and tourists alike for centuries. The Jewish presence in Annecy probably dates back to the Middle Ages. They ...
Location
Aix-les-Bains
As its name suggests, Aix-les-Bains is a renowned French spa. The Jewish presence in Aix-les-Bains probably dates back to the Middle Ages, but was quite small. This changed with the emancipation ...
News
Exhibition “(post)Jewish… Shtetl Opatow Through the Eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt”
Until 16 December 2024 This exhibition allows visitors to experience the feelings of a young man growing up in the Opatow shtetl through the works he created in his adult life. We rediscover the ...
News
Guided tour of the memory trail
28 October 2023 in Esch Various places of remembrance will be visited in Esch during this tour, to retrace the steps of the history of the Shoah, recounting the period of occupation, the fate of ...
News
Exhibition “Time regained: Stories of Jewish architects”
Until 15 October 2023 at Museum MAXXI The racial laws implemented in Italy in 1938 turned Jewish life upside down. Nine stories are presented at this event. This event looks at the stories of ...
News
Conference on new documents from the pontificate of Pius XII
From 9 to 11 October 2023 at the Gregorian University in Milan This conference is organised by five international institutions: the Cardinal Bea Centre at the Pontifical University of Rome; the ...
News
“Shoah and comics” exhibition
Until November 26, 2023 at Cercil – Musée Mémorial des enfants du Vel d’Hiv From Calvo’s La Bête est morte (The Beast is Dead) to Spirou, via X-Men, Maus and many others, the ...
News
Testimonials by Génia Klukowski, Rachel Brafman and Gaston Revel
October 1, 2023 at 2:30 pm at the Mémorial de la Shoah A meeting is organized at the Edmond J. Safra auditorium, to present the texts of three testimonies of the Shoah. Génia Klukowski, born in ...
News
“Broken Constellations, Ravensbrück” exhibition
From September 11 to October 8, 2023 This traveling exhibition maps the trajectories of lesbian women during the Second World War. In 2020, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the ...