Feingold-Steg: exhibition on Jewish history
Culture
Marko Feingold was born in Slovakia 109 years ago. The contemporary witness and Auschwitz survivor was president of the Israeli religious community in Salzburg for many years. On his birthday, a public open-air exhibition about Jewish life in Salzburg was opened on the Feingold-Steg in the city of Salzburg.
The location of the exhibition is the former Makartsteg and thus the Salzach Bridge, which was renamed Marko-Feingold-Steg a year ago. A total of 24 charts recall Jewish history in the city of Salzburg since the Middle Ages. The journey leads from centuries-old, anti-Semitic depictions to the founder of the festival, Max Reinhardt.
Hanna Feingold: “Jewish culture is disappearing”
In fact, Jewish life in Salzburg takes place primarily in memory. Hanna Feingold, Marko Feingold’s widow, today laments the increasing disappearance of Jewish culture in Salzburg. “I keep asking people if they know a Jew. And every time I ask that, there’s a big shake of the head.”
City wants to raise awareness with exhibition
There is a lot of political discussion about Judaism in the city of Salzburg – this is also shown by the recent debate about street names contaminated by the Nazis. The subject is obviously uncomfortable, the current exhibition is a welcome distraction. “We generally have a hard time with history and that’s why it was important to me not only to anchor the name of Marko Feingold in the city, but also to raise awareness with the annually changing exhibitions,” says Deputy Mayor Bernhard Auinger (SPÖ).
Exhibition on view for six weeks
The people of Salzburg themselves would probably be open to dealing with the subject openly, which, according to the exhibition curator Albert Lichtblau, would also show the commitment of those living near the street names contaminated by the Nazis. The exhibition on Jewish history in Salzburg can be seen for six weeks.