- Sigi Feigel
Sigi Feigel (norn
17 May 1921 inZürich , died28 August 2004 in Zürich) was a prominentSwiss attorney, notable for his campaigns againstantisemitism andracism .Feigel was born in Zürich to Russian Jewish immigrants. He received his PhD in jurisprudence at the
University of Zürich in 1949. From 1949 to 1977, he was the director of the textile factory inherited by his wife, Evi Heim. The firm was sold in 1977, and from 1983, Feigel worked as an attorney.Feigel was a member of the liberal Jewish congregation in Zürich (ICZ). He founded the "Stiftung gegen Rassismus und Antisemitismus" "foundation against racism and antisemitism" (GRA) in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was instrumental in the development of the Swiss
anti-racism legislation (1995), and involved as a moderating voice of reason in the debate surrounding the role ofSwitzerland during the World Wars in the context of theWorld Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss Banks .He received several decorations, including a honorary doctorate of the University of Zürich, in 1998. In 2006, the city of Zürich named a terrasse at the
Sihl river after him, "Sigi-Feigel-Terrasse" (coord|47.3759|N|8.5352|E|).Literature
*Gisler, Andreas, "Die Juden sind unser Unglück", Briefe an Sigi Feigel 1997-98", Zürich (1999): collection of letters to Feigel in the context of the "Switzerland during WWII" controversy.
* Obermüller Klara, "Schweizer auf Bewährung", Gespräche mit Sigi Feigel "
* Hans Stutz (ed.), GRA reports on racist incidents in Switzerland, Zürich 2001-2007 [http://www.gra.ch/chron/chron_index.asp]
*Braunschweig, Ernst (ed.), "Antisemitismus - Umgang mit einer Herausforderung :Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Sigi Feigel", Zürich (1991), ISBN 3-906561-24-0.External links
*de li [http://chronik.geschichte-schweiz.ch/biografie/sigi-feigel.html Biography]
* [http://www.gra.ch/newpage/content/gra_content.asp?lang=e Stiftung gegen Rassismus und Antisemitismus (GRA)]
* [http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/internet/mm/home/mm_06/01_06/060118b.html «Sigi-Feigel-Terrasse»]
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