The Venice Ghetto
To mark the 500th anniversary of the Venice Ghetto, historian Jerry Brotton travels to the city to discover how the place became to be the first of its kind in the world.
To mark the 500th anniversary of the Venice Ghetto, Jerry Brotton travels to the city to discover how this ghetto became to be the first of its kind in the world.
He finds that rather than living in isolation, the Jewish community of Venice was open to cultural exchange with Christian neighbours. It became a place of refuge and attracted Jewish migrants from other parts of Europe to live on the island in the city.
Jerry Brotton brings the story up to date with an examination of what the word 'ghetto' means to us today, in a North American context and with reference to contemporary events in Europe.
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- Sun 6 Mar 2016 18:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Wed 26 Jul 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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