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Holocaust Memorial and Synagogue of Maribor

Practical info

Type of location: Memorial

Holocaust Memorial and Synagogue of Maribor

Židovska ulica 4, 2000 Maribor

+386 2 252 78 36

http://www.sinagogamaribor.si/

Historical description

Maribor

The Jewish settlement in the medieval fortress of Maribor, near the Austrian border, dates back at least to the thirteenth century. This Jewish community must have been rather prosperous, for in the fifteen century several Catholic families asked to convert to ... Read more