Monthly Archives: May 2016

Of traveling in Moldova, Jewish cemeteries, vanished worlds and photographs

Posted on by under Bessarabia, Jewish Cemeteries

Usually Christian is the author if this blog. Recently he gave me the opportunity to write about my impressions of the journey we just had together in Moldova. I am thankful to have a place to publish my thoughts.

Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone
Portrait on a Jewish gravestone

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Riga in black and white

Posted on by under Livonia (Livland), Synagogues

Finally I found time to work on the analog black and white images of the trip to Riga in February. Here are some of them: the remains of the Choral Synagogue, the Altneie Shul, the former Jewish craftsmen school and the Seilen Shul. All synagogues represented in the photos were burned down in July 1941 – often with people burned alive – and serve different purposes today.

Altneie Shul, former synagogue – now a combined Beit Midrash and apartment building
Altneie Shul, former synagogue – now a combined Beit Midrash and apartment building
Former Jewish craftsmen school – a place of further education
Seilen Shul, a former synagogue – now part of a school building
Remains of Choral Synagogue – now a memorial

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