They are known as “Gypsies” and call themselves Roma or Sinti. According to the agreement of the First World Romani Congress in London 1971, we use the term Roma for all of them. Exhibition Roma on the Move is familiarizing us with the history of Roma migrations to Europe with the emphasis on Slovenia, their culture and […]

About 2,300 people from Slovenia were deported to the Nazi extermination camp. This camp is one of the largest cemeteries of Slovenian victims of the Second World War. The documentary exhibition “Here Is Where Death Worked Itself to Death…”: the Slovenian victims of Auschwitz will be on display in the lobby of Kočevje Regional Museum (Prešernova Ulica 11,

The Holocaust is one of the worst crimes against humanity. It does not represent simply an attempt to destroy the whole Jewish, as well Roma nations but is a synonym for total dehumanization, for an industrialized process of planned murder either by gassing or shooting, either by starvation or exhaustion from labour, to death. With

The Holocaust or in Hebrew Shoah was a complete and systematic genocide without precedent, the sole aim of which was to destroy the Jewish population. The root cause of the Holocaust was Nazi anti-Jewish racist ideology, and Nazi Germany carried out the Holocaust with the help of collaborators. Ever since the Nazis came to power

During the Holocaust, women were faced with horrific dilemmas. At the same time, they continued to strive to care for their children and those more vulnerable than them, and to preserve tradition and faith, participated in the resistance movement and in helping those in need, longed for love and friendship, sought solace in artistic expression

During the Holocaust (1933–1945), European Jewish communities endured severe upheavals, experiencing terrible social and family upheavals. The children who lived in these circumstances were primarily disrupted by the daily routine they were accustomed to, many of whom were forced to “grow up” almost overnight. Despite the horrific circumstances and living conditions in which they were

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27th of January, on behalf of organizers from all over Slovenia as part of the Shoah – Let Us Remember 2022 project, we kindly invite you to commemorative and cultural events to remember the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. The events, which started on 13

Jews in Maribor in the 19th and 20th centuries At the invitation of the Maribor Library, Boris Hajdinjak, director of Synagogue Maribor, will give a lecture on Jews in Maribor in the 19th and 20th centuries on Tuesday, 7th of December 2021, at 5 pm in the Judgement Tower (Pristan 8, Maribor). You are cordially invited!

The Synagogue Maribor also participates in the fourth part of the #forwardtothepast project, which this time takes place under the theme #happymuseum. – Happy Hanukkah (Monday, 6 December 2021, at 9:00 a.m.) – Maribor 360° Synagogue (Wednesday, 8 December 2021, at 9:00 a.m.) – “In a new guise” (Friday, 10 December 2021, at 9:00 a.m.)

Synagogue Maribor presents itself at the Virtual Career Fair 2021. The career fair for primary school students takes place from 15. to 21. November 2021, and for secondary school students from 22. to 28. November 2021. Synagogue Maribor can be found in the Mladi Maribor hall, in the field of culture. As the presentation is virtual, it will be available for viewing throughout the coming