At the outbreak of World War II, about 750,000 Jews lived in Hungary. Only around 200,000 Hungarian Jews survived the war. Many of them were saved from deportation and certain death by the Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz. By hosting the exhibition Carl Lutz and the Legendary Glass House, the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor […]

The DRAGICE vocal group, which consists of ninth-graders from Draga Kobala Elementary School Maribor, has been participating in cultural programs of the Maribor Synagogue dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust for many years. This time they have prepared an annual concert, where they will sing together with the members of the

People have always been asking themselves throughout the generations: How is it possible that there is so much suffering in the world? How can God, if there is one, allow it to happen? Even Mendel Singer, a modest teacher from Eastern Galicia, was destined to be horribly tortured. His torments were comparable to the testing

Tikkun Olam or ‘repairing the world’ (also ‘healing the world’) is a Hebrew term embracing the idea of an ideal world and social justice. The term comes from the early rabbinic tradition and was first recorded in Mishnah. It emphasizes the religious way of life, striving for peace, prosperity, health, and justice for all. Toni Franović,

The importance of music in the life of the Jewish people is found almost at the beginning of the Genesis. Musicians are mentioned among the three fundamental professions. Music was viewed as a necessity in everyday life, as a beautifying and enriching complement of human existence. Jewish music has evolved throughout the long course of

One of the most eminent Slovenian poets – France Prešeren died on 8 February 1849, thus the anniversary of his death is marked each year with the Slovenian National Day of Culture. On this occasion many museum, galleries and other cultural institutions in Slovenia organise an Open Doors Day. This year’s Slovenian Day of Culture

Nazi persecution of Jews during the Second World War was extremely violent and there were only a small number of Non-Jews that were willing and not afraid to help the victims of destructive racial politics. Yad Vashem – the World Centre for Holocaust Research, Documentation, Education and Commemoration – is researching the stories of those

Sixty-nine years have passed since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, but it seems as if one of the most horrible genocides in the history of humanity – Holocaust – is something very distant and blurred for today’s generations, thus it is remembered only by a few still living survivals. With the eagerness