Ferrara Museum of Judaism, restored MIBAC funding of 25 million skipped with previous government

25 million euros: that’s how much funding was granted by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage to the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (Meis) in Ferrara, desired by Parliament in a 2003 law (Law 91 of April 17, which provided for the creation, in the city Emilia, of a cultural pole to bear witness to the events that characterize the bimillennial Jewish experience in Italy and to make known the life, thought and culture of Italian Judaism from its origins to the present, including, with special attention, the period of persecution and the Shoah in the specific experience of Italian Jews).

The funding, which will be used to complete the museum, had skipped under the previous government and has now been restored. “We owe it to Liliana Segre, to her personally and to what she represents,” commented Cultural Heritage Minister Dario Franceschini. “The MIBACT today financed with 25 million euros the completion of the Meis, the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah, wanted by Parliament with a law of 2003. A museum for knowledge and dialogue because the encounter between cultures is the best antidote to the risks of these times, the fear of diversity, hatred and intolerance.”

Franceschini calls the Meis idea “an important idea” and adds that it cannot be left unfinished: “that is why,” the minister said, “through a remodulation of the Ministry’s Development and Cohesion Funds, we have recovered the funding that had been cancelled and that will now allow the founding process of the institution desired in 2003 by the Italian Parliament with a law voted unanimously by the House and Senate to be completed.”

The minister also wished to comment on the acts of vandalism suffered last night by the Garden of the Righteous in Milan, which was inaugurated a month ago in the presence of Senator Liliana Segre and daubed with red paint by unknown persons at night. “Anti-Semitism,” Franceschini said, “is the negation of the foundations of our democracy. Any violence, threat or vandalism against people and places that represent cultural and religious diversity in our country is an attack on the Italian Republic and cannot be underestimated. Never lower your guard against hatred is intolerance.”

Ferrara Museum of Judaism, restored MIBAC funding of 25 million skipped with previous government

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