History of Jews in Maribor and around the world

Exhibition

23 October 2019 - January 2020

From 23. 10. 2019 to January 2020 two exhibitions will be on display in the Maribor Synagogue: "History of Maribor Jews and their synagogue" and "Jewish diaspora". Welcome! The Maribor Synagogue is one of the oldest still standing synagogues in Europe, built by an important and wealthy medieval ...

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Maribor’s synagogue

The Maribor synagogue was one of the more important synagogues in Styria because of the role and importance of the Maribor Jewish community. The synagogue was not only the religious but also the spiritual and cultural centre of the former Maribor Jewish community. In regard to its importance and...

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Project “Stone Tears”

Project Stone Tears is an international project focused on developing strategies as well as providing educational and meaningful substance for three remembrance days honouring the victims of the Holocaust and Porrajmos (Genocide of the Roma), while promoting and encouraging such activities both i...

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Jews in Slovenia

Jews, even though they were relatively small in number, played an important role in forming the economic and cultural images of today’s Slovenia. There are very few visual remains witnessing the Jewish presence in Slovenia in the early centuries, so it is not exactly clear when the Jews settle...

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