Sigi Feigel
Sigi Feigel (born May 17, 1921 in Zurich as Sigmund Feigel ; † August 28, 2004 ibid) was a Swiss lawyer who campaigned against racism and anti-Semitism .
Life
Sigi Feigel was born in Zurich as the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants . He grew up in Hergiswil and Lucerne . He studied law at the University of Zurich and graduated with a doctorate in 1949. In the same year he married Evi Heim. When his father-in-law died soon, he took over his textile factory. It was only after the company was sold in 1977 and after completing his law degree in 1983 that he was able to take up his dream career as a lawyer.
He found his final resting place in the cemetery of Oberer Friesenberg .
Act
Sigi Feigel was involved in the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zurich , later in the Swiss Association of Israelites . Under his leadership, the ICZ introduced women's suffrage and opened up to a wider public with lectures and guided tours. He campaigned against racism and anti-Semitism and founded several foundations, including the Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism GRA and the Society for Minorities in Switzerland GMS. He fought for the adoption of the Racism Penal Code (also known as the Anti-Racism Act) and was an active participant in the debate on the so-called dormant assets of Jewish Holocaust victims at Swiss financial institutions.
Awards
Sigi Feigel has received several awards. In 1998 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich.
In 2006 the city of Zurich named a place on the Sihl , near the Gessner Bridge, after him: the "Sigi-Feigel-Terrasse". In 2009, a Sigi-Feigel visiting professorship for Jewish studies was established at the University of Zurich.
Web links
- Literature by and about Sigi Feigel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Uri Kaufmann : Feigel, Sigi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Biography and acknowledgments
- Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA)
- The Sigi Feigel Terrace in Zurich (Zurich Street Name Directory)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Myriam Bienenstock - First Sigi Feigel Visiting Professor for Jewish Studies , page on the website of the University of Zurich, accessed on December 1, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feigel, Sigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer who campaigned against anti-Semitism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2004 |
| Place of death | Zurich |