Archaeological excavations of the Great Synagogue of Vilna reveal the intensity of destruction of the synagogue

The excavations on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Society of Lithuanian Archaeology (Kultūros paveldo Išsaugojimo sajkos), the Goodwill Foundation and the Jewish community of Lithuania, currently taking place in Lithuania, have also uncovered two huge concrete basins under the bathhouse and the mikva (Jewish ritual bath) building that ensured that the water would […]