On the night of 2 to 3 August 1944, the Nazis eliminated the “Zigeunerlager” – the Roma section of Auschwitz-Birkenau, killing almost 3000 Roma. This event is known as the most massive mass murder of Roma carried out by the Nazis during their reign of terror, which is why today, 2 August is commemorated around […]
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Applications for the European Days of Jewish Culture 2024 We kindly invite you to participate the new implementation of the European Days of Jewish Culture project. This time’s performance of this extremely successful and popular international project will be its 19th consecutive performance also in Slovenia. The central theme of EDJC 2024 is “Family” (you
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The Crocus project is an international project that is implemented in many European countries. It was designed by the Irish organization Holocaust Education Ireland, and the national coordinator of the project in Slovenia is the Center of Jewish Cultural Heritage Synagogue Maribor. You can read more about the project HERE. The Maribor Synagogue invites primary
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Call for teachers and educators: Training “Power of personal stories in confronting oblivion”, 1-4 September 2024, Dachau From the 1 to 4 September, Max Mannheimer Haus, Documenta, and their international partners, will organize the training for teachers and educators “Power of personal stories in confronting oblivion”. The training will take place in Dachau, Germany, and
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The touring exhibition of the Museum of Jewish Culture in Bratislava tells about inspiring women of Jewish origin who are connected to today’s Slovakian territory – either they were born here, lived here or were of Slovak origin – and whose work also reached the international arena. The selection of personalities presented at the exhibition
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On Saturday, 15 June 2024, between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m., the Židovska Kultural Quarter invites you to the Summer Evening at Židovska. Cultural institutions on the Jewish Square will open their doors for you during this time, and the Synagogue Maribor will also organize a klezmer music concert with the Kontra-Kvartet at 19:30. In
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Jazz ‘ma mlade (Jazz has younglings) is a festival of young jazz, art, cuisine and wine on the Jewish Square and in the Cultural Incubator. Along with the three jazz concerts that will take place in the Cultural Incubator on 31 May and on 7 and 14 June 2024, a varied accompanying programme will take
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On Thursday, 6 June 2024, at 6:00 p.m., we kindly invite you to the Synagogue Maribor (Židovska ulica 4) to the opening of the exhibition Women. Stories of women who influenced the world With this exhibition, the Museum of Jewish Culture from Bratislava, which operates under the auspices of the Slovak National Museum, is once
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The Židovska Cultural Quarter kindly invites you to an Open Doors Day on Saturday, 18 May 2024, on International Museum Day. During the Open Doors Day, visit the cultural institutions operating on Židovska Street in Maribor and see the current exhibitions and/or other accompanying events in them. The Open Doors Day of the Židovska Cultural
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On Wednesday, 15 May 2024, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., we invite you to the Ljudski vrt stadium in Maribor, where the 2nd Mental Health Festival will take place. There, at the stand of the Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Bazaar, you will also find a cultural quiz, which was prepared by the