Europe

Photo taken by an Austrian soldier provides a rare glimpse

After he freed the serfs, Alexander II was virtually deified by one leading Jewish newspaper

Besides poverty and pogroms, forced conscription weighed heavily on European Jews

Shloimy Alman’s collection of photographs of Jewish London from the 1970s survive as a unique record of a disappeared world.

At an assembly of the Nazi Party in September 1935, the Reichstag passed laws that stripped German Jews of their citizenship

Spoiler alert: The father of psychoanalysis was not the biggest fan of establishing a Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine.

In honor of the “Back to School” season, we bring you several stories about children from across Europe on their first day of school.

Meet the doctor who helped Herzl get to the podium in time to open the Fourth Zionist Congress in London.

From lake houses to spa days, Jews from all over Europe took full advantage of their summer vacations, building memories that would last a lifetime.