US EditionDutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
- In April 2025, a fire damaged historic buildings in Paramaribo, Suriname, while volunteers scanned Jewish archival documents nearby.
- The blaze and threats like the tropical climate endangered 100,000 fragile documents that record the Jewish community's history since the 1700s.
- Rosa de Jong, a scholar from the Netherlands, conducted her PhD research on Jewish refugees from World War II who settled in the Caribbean, and subsequently returned to Suriname to digitize archival materials related to her study.
- De Jong’s project generated over 600 gigabytes of digital files saved across several external drives, with one of these drives given to Suriname's National Archives to become part of their digital collection.
- This preservation effort highlights Suriname's historical role as a Jewish refuge and reflects the urgency to safeguard endangered cultural heritage.
34 Articles
34 Articles
Dutch-Led Suriname Team Digitizes 100,000 Documents to Preserve Jewish History in the Caribbean
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The fire that caused significant damage in April to historic buildings in Suriname’s capital city was not the only threat facing the nearby Neveh Shalom Synagogue. As firefighters battled to save the historic city center of Paramaribo — a UNESCO World Heritage site — the synagogue’s volunteers were busy scanning thousands of […]
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Caribbean Jewish history
Thousands of Jews have called Suriname home since the 1700s. 'As long as the archive is still here, I will not die,' said one Surinamese Jew of the thousands of archival documents preserved in the Neveh Shalom Synagogue. 'This is keeping the history of my people'
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
The fire that caused significant damage in April to historic buildings in Suriname's capital city was not the only threat facing the nearby Neveh Shalom Synagogue.As firefighters battled to save the historic city center of Paramaribo — a UNESCO World Heritage site — the synagogue's volunteers were busy scanning thousands of archival documents in an effort to preserve the history of the thousands of Jews who have called the Surinamese capital hom…
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes documents to preserve Jewish history in Caribbean
As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve the history of the thousands of Jews who have called t...
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 52% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
