The peek, conducted by ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, chanced on that easiest 35% of such cemeteries are fenced and guarded and 44% are severely disregarded.
GRAVES DESECRATED with swastikas are seen on the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, France.
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Nearly half of the Jewish cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe are in a remark of extreme neglect, according to a peek done by the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF).
Teams visited 1,700 Jewish cemeteries across Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine from 2019-21 in the European Commission-funded peek.
Results showed that easiest 35% of Jewish cemeteries there are fenced and guarded, while 44% are severely disregarded and in urgent need of protection.
ESJF CEO Philip Carmel stated in regards to the peek results: “Now that we finally possess this comprehensive information in hand, it is some distance clearer than ever that collective efforts must be made to manufacture certain that these internet sites are protected and the legacy of the communities which they served is preserved.”
The initiative has been ready to hint the historic past of the communities behind the cemeteries and assess that are most in need of protection. Lithuania changed into chanced on to possess the absolute most life like number of at-risk internet sites, as more than half (55%) of Jewish cemeteries in the placement confronted threats equivalent to vandalism, theft and demolition.
The ESJF is heavily involved in protection work and has fenced and guarded over 200 internet sites in eight European international locations. A the same peek changed into done from 2018-19 at 1,500 internet sites.
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Nearly half of Jewish cemeteries in Europe in need of protection – peek
