Several important Jews lived in Maribor in the Middle Ages and in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here we present just a few of their stories.

My Hometown is an opportunity for students to unearth stories relating to the Holocaust through connections close to home.

Stolpersteine ​​(English: stumbling stones) are paving stones that commemorate the fate of those who were murdered, deported, exiled or killed during the period of National Socialism.

In the Synagogue Maribor we offer you 24 different exhibitions, which you can rent for free and exhibit in your exhibition halls, schools, libraries,…

Virtual 360° tour of the medieval synagogue in Maribor with added basic information about the history of the Maribor Jews.

The Synagogue Maribor has created numerous short educational films, documentaries, lectures and talks, both in video and audio format.

The Synagogue Maribor regularly publishes various types of physical publications. You can find them in libraries or here in digital form.

The Roma constitute the largest ethnic minority in Europe, yet public knowledge of their culture and history is limited. Prejudices against the Roma are still deeply rooted in society.

The project UNITED – UNderstand, Inform, Think, EDucate

Remembering the Holocaust and Building Tolerance and Solidarity in the EU

The Crocus Project is a project for young people aged ten years and over remembering all children who died in the Holocaust.

Project Stone Tears is an international project focused on remembrance days honouring the victims of the Porrajmos (Genocide of the Roma), while encouraging such activities both in Slovenia and in neighbouring countries.

Each programme within this project appeals to the public to permanently remember the greatest evil of the 20th century. It should never be forgotten and, above all, it should never be repeated – never and nowhere.

During World War II, the economic prominent and organised Jewish community was also annihilated within today’s Slovenian territory.

The holocaust (Latin ‘holocaustum’ from Greek ‘holókauston’ = sacrifice by fire): a term for the Nazi mass destruction, particulary Jews, during World War II.

The Slovenian anti-Semitism of the 20th century was a result of adopting trends from the near and wider area. It occurred in an environment where it is not autochtonous and it does not represent any significant historical heritage.

Anti-Semitism: ideology, a movement against Semites, Jews, usually eminating from political or economic sources. It was coined in the late 19th century and indicates anti-Jewish views and activities.

The Maribor synagogue was one of the more important synagogues in Styria because of the role and importance of the Maribor Jewish community.

The medieval Jewish community of Maribor can certainly be considered to be amongst the bigger communities within today’s Slovenian territory, and Maribor itself from amongst the cultural and economic Jewry centres within the then Inner Austrian lands.

Jews, even though they were relatively small in number, played an important role in forming the economic and cultural images of today’s Slovenia.