The Jewish community contributed decisively to the development of the famous alpine health ressort and promulgated its international reputation.
via Schillerstraße 14, Meran/o
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 - 12 a.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and on Jewish festive days
The website offers information on the development of the Jewish community in Merano, on the years of its annihilation, the new beginning after the Shoah and the cultural life of the Jewish community today. The website further provides information on the Jewish Museum, the Synagogue and announces current events of the Jewish community.
Jewish History of South Tyrol
Chaim Weizmann collected funds for Erez Israel
Chaim Weizmann, later the first President of the State of Israel, sojourned in Meran, where he resided at Hotel Stefanie and had his meals at the Bellaria of the Bermann family. It was an ideal place to collect funds for Erez Israel among wealthy visitors.
Arik Jerucham Fischl buried in the Jewish cemetery in Merano
Arik Jerucham Fischl from Hrymailiv in Galicia was a “gaon”, which in Jewish orthodoxy denoted a venerated scholar of the talmud. Still today his grave attracts followers of his thought from all over the world.
First Refuge for many refugees until 1938
Derubations and espulsions after racial laws enter into force in 1938
Like in many other European countries also South Tyrol was the venue for many shameless derubations committed under the racial laws emanated on 17 November 1938. The many unjustified enrichments are mostly tabooed until our present day.
Read more: Sabine Mayr/Joachim Innerhofer: Quando la patria uccide. Storie ritrovate di famiglie ebraiche in Alto Adige, Edition Raetia, Bozen/Bolzano 2016.
Reviews: Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti, Corriere della Sera, 3. März 2017 / Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Historischen Instituts, Rom, Bd. 98.2018, Jg. 2019.
31.01.2019 - 19:00 -
Presentation of the new book by Adam Smulevich “Presidenti – Le storie scomode dei fondatori delle squadre di calcio di Casale, Napoli e Roma”, edited by the publishing house Giuntina, with the author. The study of the journalist with Florentine roots narrates the story of three influencial protagonists of Italian football, the founders of Casale, Napoli and Roma. They became victims of antisemitism.
With Elisabetta Rossi Borenstein
