Important announcement
CLOSED
From 24. October until revoked
Dear visitors, due to compliance with preventive measures to prevent and limit the spread of covid-19 virus, the Synagogue Maribor will be CLOSED from Saturday, 24th October 2020, until the cancellation of measures. Despite the closure, we will continue to be available from Monday...
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Terra Sancta 1910
Photography exhibition
6. September - 10. November 2020
Terra Sancta 1910: The Largest Slovene Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, photographs of Peter Naglič. The exhibition will be on display at the Maribor Synagogue from 6 September to 10 November 2020. “God-fearing Slovenes! A unique opportunity is presenting itself to you. The time is right, the...
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Jewish cemetery in Rožna Dolina
Photography exhibition
6. - 30. September 2020
The photographic exhibition Jewish Cemetery in Rožna Dolina, by photographer Andrej Perko, will be on display from 6. September 2020. The exhibition is also part of the Maribor Photography Festival 2020, organized by the Photo Club of Maribor. "At the Jewish cemetery in Rožna dolina near Gor...
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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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The Crocus Project
The Crocus Project is a project for young people aged eleven years and over remembering all children who died in the Holocaust. Visit The Crocus Project official website here. The Crocus Project is an Irish initiative whereby HETI (Holocaust Education Trust Ireland) provides yellow Crocus b...
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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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