Jewish Museum of Hohenems

The Jewish Museum Hohenems is a nearby museum in Hohenems inside the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The museum offers with the Jewish presence in Hohenems in addition to surrounding regions. It additionally covers the Diaspora and Israel and places the future of the European immigration society into recognition. The destruction of the Jewish network of Hohenems thru expulsion and deportation – see Antisemitism in Austria – and the Shoah are one of the museum's most important topics. Besides the local and worldwide history, the museum is dedicated to the Jews and their memories.

Each yr, the museum gives a specific brief exhibition and an extensive occasion application. Since there may be not a Jewish network in Hohenems, the museum's supplying of understanding and conversation need to largely be made by means of non-Jews. The Jewish Museum Hohenems was opened in April 1991 and is housed inside the Villa Heimann-Rosenthal inside the heart of the previous Jewish zone. The villa of the Rosenthal circle of relatives dates lower back to 1864 and might – now that it hosts the JMH – be perceived as an exhibit itself.