This time, we conducted an educational program for students of Class 11C from Johann Ettinger School (Liceul Teoretic German “Johann Ettinger”). The program included a lecture on reading Hebrew epitaphs and interpreting Jewish tombstone symbols, and a guided tour of the Medieșu Aurit Jewish cemetery, near Satu Mare Primaria Mediesu Aurit.
This event was organized in partnership with the Democratic Forum of Germans in Satu Mare, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Elisa Vaughan and Josef Hölzli for co-organizing it. We are also thankful to the teachers and principal of Johann Ettinger School and the Jewish Community of Satu Mare (Comunitatea Evreilor Satu Mare) for their cooperation and continued support.
This educational event was financially supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.
The Romanian town of Medieșu Aurit, once described in Jewish sources as “a town full of scholars and scribes,” is home to two Jewish cemeteries that were recently fenced by the ESJF.