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Fondazione Federica Spitzer

Lugano, Switzerland

EducationHuman rightsHeritage
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Profile last updated: June 25, 2026

About

Fondazione Federica Spitzer is a foundation based in Lugano, Switzerland working on education, human rights, heritage.

Fondazione Federica Spitzer, based in Lugano, promotes the educational project 'Le vite dei giusti' together with the Archivio storico della Città di Lugano and the Dipartimento Formazione e Apprendimento of SUPSI. The project tells the stories of people remembered in the Giardino dei Giusti di Lugano, focusing on individual responsibility, human dignity and resistance to persecution. It provides teaching materials, archival documents, multimedia resources and school-based activities for students, mainly in Ticino. The foundation also supports exhibitions and commemorative initiatives linked to the life and testimony of Federica Spitzer, a Holocaust survivor.

Location

Lugano, Switzerland

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Fondazione

Focus areas

memoriaGiustiShoaheducazione civicadiritti dell'infanziaTicino

Languages

IT

Causes & programmes

Causes

EducationHuman rightsHeritage

Works for

StudentsYouth

How they work

Awareness & education

Programmes

Le vite dei giusti

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Education · Switzerland

Educational web project presenting the lives of people remembered in the Giardino dei Giusti di Lugano, with teaching materials for school use on citizenship, human rights, children's rights and memory.

Countries of operation

Switzerland

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Archivio storico della Città di Lugano, SUPSI Dipartimento Formazione e Apprendimento, RSI Teche, Comune di Chiasso

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