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Cluj Jewish community tries to halt US auction of burial registry

The Jewish community of Cluj in Romania has asked a US auction house to halt the sell-off of a 19th Century handwritten burial registry that it believes was stolen during the Holocaust.

Romanian and Ukrainian towns share EU grant to promote cross-border Jewish heritage tourism

The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei, Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism.

Romania appoints special representative on combatting antisemitism

Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu  has appointed a special Special Representative for Promoting the policies of Memory, Combating Antisemitism and Xenophobia.

First person convicted under Romania’s Holocaust denial law

A former Romanian intelligence officer was sentenced to one year and one month in prison for Holocaust denial in the first conviction under a 2002 law, a court in Bucharest confirmed.

Iancu Ţucărman, one of last remaining Holocaust survivors in Romania passes away at 98

Iancu Ţucărman, one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Romania succumbed to COVID-19. He was 98. May his memory be a blessing.

Sibiu Great Synagogue gate restored with German funding

The main gate of the Great synagogue of Sibiu has a new main gate has been restored with financial support from the German Foreign Ministry.
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