In a letter to the president of the SD party, Tanja Fajon, the European Jewish Association wrote that it would be appropriate, just, and moral to right a historic wrong and return the stolen villa, which was originally owned by Felix Moskovič, who was killed in the Holocaust, to the Slovenian Jewish community, as part of a settlement on the communal and heirless property.
After the president of the SD party, Tanja Fajon helped create and spread an affair about a non-existent document through her political alliances in the Balkans; she was hit by a real boomerang effect or God’s punishment.
On Thursday, a letter from the European Jewish Association signed by its chairman, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, made rounds in public. In it, the chairman reminded the president of the successor party of the communists of the status of the stolen villa at Levstikova street 15, where the Social Democrats’ headquarters are located. It should be acknowledged that the problem was also pointed out in the US State Department’s report on Slovenia; however, the mainstream media deliberately overlooked this part.
Will the SD party give the villa back to the Jewish community? As is known, the villa once belonged to the Jewish merchant Felix Moskovič, but during World War II, he and his family were taken to concentration camps where they died, along with millions of other Jews. After their deaths, the property was sold under questionable conditions, nationalised, and then used by the communist party in the former Yugoslavia.
In its letter, the European Jewish Association pointed out that there had previously been discussions regarding the transfer of Feliks Moskovič’s property to the Slovenian Jewish community as part of a settlement on the communal and heirless property. “We believe this would be an appropriate, just, and moral righting of a historic wrong. We sincerely hope you and your party will recognise the symbolic and emotional unsustainability of the status quo and will work with us to change it,” they also called on the president.
We are publishing Mr. Margolin’s letter in its entirety below.
“Dear MEP Fajon,
I write regarding the status of your party headquarters at Levstikova 15 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
As you may be aware the home was originally constructed by the Slovenian-Jewish merchant Felix Moskovic. In 1943, Mr. Moskovic and his family were taken to Auschwitz and other extermination camps, where they tragically perished together with millions of other European Jews during the Holocaust. Following their deaths, the property at Levstikova 15 was sold under questionable conditions, nationalized, and then used by high-level communist party organizations during the Yugoslav era.
It has come to our attention that there has previously been a discussion regarding the transfer of Mr. Moskovic’s property at Levstikova 15 to the Slovenian Jewish community as part of a settlement on communal and heirless property once held by Slovenian Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
We believe this would be an appropriate, just, and moral use of Mr. Moskovic’s home and a righting of a historic wrong.
We sincerely hope you and your party will recognize the symbolic and emotional unsustainability of the status quo and will work with us to change it.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours faithfully,
Rabbi Menachem Margolin Chairman European Jewish Association”
Sara Kovač
