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Exhibition “Venice 1945. City of Refuge”

Documents and stories of foreign Jewish refugees from concentration camps who found shelter in Venice.

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Exhibition “Games and Toys. Travelling Companions, 1943-45”

Toys were often the only link with the homes from which the children were torn to embark on journeys of salvation or of extermination.
The experiences of certain children between 1943 and 1945 are narrated by the voices of their toys.

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THE MUSEUM

One of the most important Jewish museums in Italy in terms of the richness and quality of its collections. The ambitious restoration programme currently under way will turn your visit into an unforgettable experience. We shall keep you updated on the progress of the work “ahead of the finishing line!”

HISTORY OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF VENICE AND IT’S TREASURES  

THE GHETTO

The jury is still out over the origin of the word “ghetto”. It is spelled in various different ways in old documents – ghèto, getto, ghetto, geto – but often indicates the place in which the Jews were enclosed, first in the Ghetto Nuovo and then in the Ghetto Vecchio. The “tract of land called the getto or the ghetto was the seat of the public foundries where bombards were cast (gettate in Italian)” and so “the place was called el getto because it contained over 12 foundries and bronze was cast there”. The word Ghetto thus appears to come from the name of the island on which the old foundries were situated. That, at any rate, is the explanation most popular with scholars today, other etymologies appearing to be more difficult to accept, so Venice is responsible for giving the world the word commonly used around the globe to indicate segregation and social discrimination.

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