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The Morpurgo Family
Write the Great BookOrigin of the name, history and genealogy of the Morpurgo lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Morpurgo is the name of an Austro-Italian Jewish family, originating from Marburg in Styria or, more probably, from Maribor (formerly Marburg an der Drau), towns from which the family drew its name when Jews were obliged to choose surnames. The known ancestor is Moïse Jacob of Bad-Rackersburg, whose descendants, scattered across Europe, took, according to local pronunciations, the names Maribor, Marburg, Marpurg…
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History
Morpurgo is the name of an Austro-Italian Jewish family, originating from Marburg in Styria or, more probably, from Maribor (formerly Marburg an der Drau), towns from which the family drew its name when Jews were obliged to choose surnames. The known ancestor is Moïse Jacob of Bad-Rackersburg, whose descendants, scattered across Europe, took, according to local pronunciations, the names Maribor, Marburg, Marpurg, Marlborough, Murphy, and Morpurgo. The family settled notably in Gorizia, Split, Trieste, and Gradisca d'Isonzo, and is renowned for the great number of rabbis, brilliant intellectuals, parliamentarians, and philanthropists it produced. Many of its European members were murdered by the Nazis in 1943–1944.
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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/morpurgo">Morpurgo — Zakhor</a>Citation
Morpurgo — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/morpurgoVariants of the name (1)
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Marpurgo
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In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Morpurgo.
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