In 2021 Samuel Gruber will be a lead researcher and project coordinator for a project to inventory Holocausts memorial monuments worldwide and to create with Center for Jewish Art of Hebrew University as part of the Narkiss Index of Jewish art a comprehensive database on the topic.
Here are links to some of Dr. Gruber’s many notices and essays about Holocaust memorial monuments, beginning in 2008.
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Brzezlny Jewish Cemetery Monument Defaced.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 09/12/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/09/poland-brzeziny-jewish-cemetery.html
Gruber, Samuel. “UK: New Czech Scrolls Museum To Open in London, September 17th, 2008.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 09/12/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/09/uk-new-czech-scrolls-museum-to-open-in.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Czech Republic: Stolpersteine Project Memorializes Shoah Victims in Prague.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 10/07/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/10/czech-republic-stolpersteine-project.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Jewish Heritage Signage: Lviv and Krakow, A Tale of Two Cities.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 11/06/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/11/jewish-heritage-signage-lviv-and-krakow.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Extensive Marker Program Recalls Warsaw Ghetto Boundaries,” online in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Nov. 12, 2008); https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/11/poland-extensive-marker-program-recalls.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: More on Former Warsaw Ghetto Boundary Markers.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 11/23/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/11/poland-more-on-former-warsaw-ghetto.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Plaque Installed at Site of Destroyed Synagogue in Barcin.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 12/24/2008. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2008/12/poland-plaque-installed-at-site-of.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Close-up View of Monument and Matzevot at Kazimierz Dolny.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 01/03/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/01/poland-close-up-view-of-monument-and.html
Gruber, Samuel. “France: Holocaust Monument at Drancy (Paris) Vandalized.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 04/14/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/04/france-holocaust-monument-at-drancy.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: New Monuments erected in Gdansk on Anniversary of Kinderstansport.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 05/13/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/05/poland-new-monuments-erected-in-gdansk.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Commemorative Marker Installed on former Krasnik Synagogue.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 05/14/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/05/poland-commemorative-marker-installed.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Commemorative Plaque to be Unveiled on Former Przemysl Synagogue.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/10/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/06/poland-commemorative-plaque-to-be.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Estonia: More Concentration Camp Commemorative Markers to Be Dedicated July 7, 2009.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/11/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/06/estonia-more-concentration-camp.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Monuments and Memory in Warsaw.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/16/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/06/poland-monuments-and-memory-in-warsaw.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Slovakia: What’s Wrong with the Bratislava Holocaust Memorial?” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/17/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/06/slovakia-whats-wrong-with-bratislava.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Estonia: More Holocaust Labor Camp Markers Unveiled.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 08/17/2009. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/08/estonia-more-holocaust-labor-camp.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Monuments and Memory in Warsaw, online in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (June 16, 2009) https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2009/06/poland-monuments-and-memory-in-warsaw.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Holocaust Remembrance Project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 04/11/2010. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2010/04/holocaust-remembrance-project-at.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Two Jewish Cemeteries and One Monument Vandalized.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/22/2010. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2010/06/poland-two-jewish-cemeteries-and-one.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: New Memorial with Old Gravestones Erected at Radom Jewish Cemetery.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 10/08/2010. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2010/10/poland-new-memorial-with-old.html
Gruber, Samuel. “USA: In Los Angeles, a New (and another) Holocaust Museum Opens.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 10/08/2010. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2010/10/usa-in-los-angeles-new-and-another.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Macedonia: Holocaust Memorial Museum Opened.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 04/10/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/04/macedonia-holocaust-memorial-museum.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Holocaust Memorials: More on Stumbling Blocks (Stolpersteine).” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 04/17/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/04/holocaust-memorials-more-on-stumbling.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Holland: Project to Commemorate Former Jewish Residents.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 04/28/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/04/amsterdam-homeowners-asked-to.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Latvia: New Plaque at Riga’s Old Jewish Cemetery.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 07/29/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/07/riga-latvia.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Romania: Popricani (mass-grave) Memorial at lasi Jewish Cemetery.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 09/05/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/09/romania-popricani-mass-grave-memorial.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Auschwitz’s future secure, preservationists worry about ‘forgotten’ Nazi camps.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 10/24/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/10/poland-auschwitzs-future-secure.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Publication: Memorializing the Holocaust: Gender, Genocide and Collective Memory.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 12/16/2011. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2011/12/publication-memorializing-holocaust_16.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Holocaust Memorials in American Jewish Cemeteries.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 01/19/2012. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2012/01/holocaust-memorials-in-amercian-jewish.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Belzec Death Camp Memorial Up for Architecture Award.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 02/11/2012. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2012/02/poland-belzec-death-camp-memorial-up.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Lithuania: In Search of the Hidden Holocaust Monument of Vilnius.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 02/11/2012. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2012/02/lithuania-in-search-of-hidden-holocaust.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Belgium: New Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Opens at Mechelen.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 01/17/2013. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2013/01/belgium-new-holocaust-and-human-right.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Paris: Monuments to the Deportation to the Velodrome d’Hiver.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 07/22/2013. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2013/07/paris-monuments-to-deportation-to.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: New Monument at Rajgrod Jewish Cemetery.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 09/18/2014. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2014/09/poland-new-monument-at-raigrod-jewish.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: Rajgrod Holocaust Monument Vandalized.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 05/07/2015. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/05/poland-rajgrod-holocaust-monument_7.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Poland: New Jewish Cemetery Monument at Police School in Pila.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 05/28/2015. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/05/poland-new-monument-at-police-school-in.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Serbia: Monument and Book for Jews of Sid.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 06/10/2015. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/06/serbia-monument-and-book-for-jews-of-sid.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Lithuania: A Notable Facade Display at the Former Mefitzah Haskalah Library in Vilnius.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 11/05/2015. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/11/lithuania-notable-facade-display-at.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Happy Birthday Sculptor Nathan (Natan) Rapoport (1911-1987), online in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Nov. 8, 2015)
Gruber, Samuel. “Lithuania: A Visit to the Newly Dedicated Jewish Memorial Sites in Šeduva, online in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Nov. 11, 2015) https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/11/lithuania-visit-to-newly-dedicated.html
Gruber, Samuel. “USA: In Binghamton, NY, Rediscovery of an Early ‘Holocaust’ Memorial.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 11/13/2015. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2015/11/usa-in-binghamton-ny-rediscovery-of.html
Gruber, Samuel. “Lithuania: Vilnius’s Choral Synagogue.” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. 01/08/2016. http://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2016/01/lithuania-vilniuss-chotral-synagogue.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Holocaust Memorials: Things Left Behind” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Nov. 30, 2016) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2016/11/holocaust-memorials-things-left-behind.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Germany: Berlin’s Old Cemetery at Grosse Hamburger Str., A Good Example of How to Protect and Present a Despoiled Urban Cemetery” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Dec. 3, 2016) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2016/12/germany-berlins-old-cemetery-at-grosse.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Germany: Multiple Memorials for Berlin’s Munchener Strasse Synagogue” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Feb. 6, 2017) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2017/02/germany-multiple-memorials-for-berlins.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Germany: Holocaust Reminders at the U-Bahn and S-Bahn Stations” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Feb. 13, 2017) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2017/02/germany-holocaust-reminders-at-u-bahn_13.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “USA: Charleston’s Holocaust Memorial in Shadow of Calhoun Monument” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Feb. 26, 2017) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2017/02/usa-charlestons-holocaust-memorial-in.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Germany: Berlin’s Dramatic Rosenstrasse Monument” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (March 8, 2017) online at:
https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2017/03/germany-berlins-dramatic-rosenstrasse.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Plzen’s Holocaust Memorial Combines Best Jewish Memorial Traditions,” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (July 26, 2018) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2018/07/plzens-holocaust-memorial-combines-best.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “Paris: The Mauthausen Concentration Camp Monument at Père Lachaise Cemetery,” Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art & Monuments. (Aug. 26, 2018) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2018/08/paris-mauthausen-concentration-camp.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “USA: Louise Nevelson’s The White Flame of the Six Million at Temple Beth El, Great Neck,” in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Feb. 16, 2020) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2020/02/usa-louise-nevelsons-white-flame-of-six.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “USA: Coast to Coast Holocaust Memorials in American Synagogues,” in Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Feb. 24, 2020) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2020/02/usa-holocaust-memorials-in-american_24.html
Gruber, Samuel D. “USA: Looking for Holocaust Memorials in American Jewish Cemeteries”n Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments (Feb. 25, 2020) online at: https://samgrubersjewishartmonuments.blogspot.com/2020/02/usa-looking-for-holocaust-memorials-in.html