Heraklion (Herakleion, Iraklion, Candia, Chandax), Crete, Greece · Project Zikaron

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18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. See the "About" tab for details.

Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Three photographs of European Jews taken in the early 1910s. See the "About" tab for details.

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Heraklion (Herakleion, Iraklion, Candia, Chandax), Crete, Greece (4)

35°19' N,25°08' E

Nearby Localities and Map
- Crete (Kriti), Greece 14 miles / 23 km

Revue des Études Juives: Tome 26 (1893) ( Communal Histories )
Pinkas-zikaron le-vate almin she-nehersu ve-ḥulelu bi-shenot ha-Sho'ah: korot kehilot Yisrael ha-gedolot veha-merkaziyot be-Eropah u-vate ha-kevarot ha-historiyim: le-ot ule-ed (1973) ( Yizkor Books )
קורות קהלות ישראל הגדולות והמרכזיות באירופה ובתי הקברות ההיסטוריים:לאות ולעד:פנקס זכרון לבתי עלמין שנהרסו וחוללו בשנות השואה
Prager, Moshe
The Sephardi Heritage: Essays on the history and cultural contribution of the Jews of Spain and Portugal: Volume II: The Western Sephardim: The history of some of the communities formed in Europe, the Mediterranean and the New World after the expulsion in 1492 (1989) ( Communal Histories )
Barnett, Richard [Ed.] Schwab, Walter [Ed.]
Jewish Sites and Synagogues of Greece (1992) ( Communal Histories )
Stavroulakis, Nicholas P. deVinney, Timothy J.

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