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Presentation of the book “My Father’s Escape”

5 October 2023 at the Danish Jewish Museum To mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of the Danish Jews, numerous events are being organised in Denmark and the rest of Europe to celebrate the ...

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Mlada Boleslav

Czech RepublicBohemia

Mlada Boleslav is an old Bohemian town that developed in the industrial age thanks to the automobile industry. The Jewish presence dates back to at least the 15th century, according to written ...

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Exhibition “Flight and Pursuit”

At the Danish Jewish Museum October 1943, the courage of a people, the courage of a king. A whole population, disregarding social, economic and cultural affiliations to come to the aid of their ...

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Trikala Synagogue

Athanasiou Diakou 27, Trikala 421 00 Tel : + 30 24310 258 34 / 24310 706 22

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Volos

Greece

A port city, the Jewish community has been present in Volos since the Antiquity era. Probably from the 2nd century BC, ancient tombs attesting to it, according to historians. But the certainties ...

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Trikala

Greece

The Jewish presence in the city of Trikala seems to date from the Byzantine period. But there is not much documentation to confirm this presence. The arrival of Jews from Spain following the ...

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Synagogue of Larissa

Kentavron 29 – Jewish Martyrs of the Holocaust Square, 41222 Larissa Τel : +30.2410 532965 http://www.jcl.gr

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Larissa

Greece

The Jewish presence in Larissa seems to date back to ancient times. Archaeological excavations indicate that this presence has probably been continuous for 1900 years. Following the Spanish ...

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Chalkis

Greece

The great peculiarity of the Jewish community of Chalkis is that Jews lived there uninterrupted for over 2,500 years! Probably one of the few in Europe in this case. They settled mainly in the ...

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Turku

Finland

Turku was an important city when Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden before independence. It has a Jewish presence dating back to the 19th century, with some dating back to 1853. Following ...

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Chisinau Synagogue

Strada Habad Liubavici 8, Chișinău Tel : +373 22 541 023 Jewish Community Chabad Kishinev and Moldova

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Orhei

Moldova

Located about forty kilometers from Chisinau, Orhei is best known by tourist guides for its troglodyte monastery, located on the outskirts of the city in Orhei Vechi, very interesting to visit. ...

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Chisinau (Kishinev)

Moldova

At the start of the twentieth century, Kishinev had more than seventy synagogues and about twenty yeshivot. Unlike many other cities in the Russian Empire, the Jews of Kishinev did not live in a ...

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Moldova

Landlocked between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova has enjoyed a turbulent history over the past two centuries. Following the Bucharest Treaty of 1812 putting an end to the conflict between it and ...

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Chabad Nicosia

Ayias Elenis, Engomi, Nicosia Tel : +357 22 313393 חבד קפריסין – Chabad Lubavitch of Cyprus