Stranded in Shanghai
Photographic exhibition
27 March - 3 June 2019
Jewish Refugee Life through the Lens of Arthur Rothstein After the Chrystal night (9.-10. November 1938) Shanghai was one of the few places in the world that favoured Jewish refugees. Around 18.000 European Jews found refuge there, many of them also survived the whole war there under Japanese oc...
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Jewish exile in Shanghai
Lecture
24. April 2019, 6 p.m.
We would like to invite you to a lecture by Matjaž Vidmar PhD titled Jewish exile in Shanghai from 1933 to 1945. The lecturer will speak about the fate of almost 20.000 Jewish refugees from The Third Reich to Shanghai during World War II. The lecture will take place on 24th of April 2019 at 6 ...
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Estera or holiday of destinies
Performance
25. April 2019, 6 p.m.
75 years ago on 26th of April mass deportations of Prekmurje Jews began. On this anniversary we will remember the Slovenian victims of Holocaust with a theatrical performance titled Estera or holiday of destinies, performed by The puppet theatre Pupilla from Lendava. Spoštovani, We invite you ...
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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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