Data sheet

Name:                        Jarach Aedicule

Location:                   field 4, no. 21

Author:                      Manfredo d’Urbino (architect)

Construction date:   1928-1930

 


 

Moisé Jarach, born in Turin in 1846, moved to Milan around 1865 and founded a bank with Lazzaro Donati. He is buried in section 4, nos. 52-54, with his wife, Emma Tedeschi, in a tomb adorned with a seven-branched candelabrum against a backdrop of blue tiles with golden stars. His son, Federico (1874-1951), known as “the Commander,” was a former naval officer who went on to establish a highly successful metalworking company, Rubinetterie Riunite, in 1907, and became president of the National Federation of Mechanical and Metallurgical Industries. A member of the National Fascist Party, Jarach served as Finance Councillor for the City of Milan between 1923 and 1925, in a government led by Mayor Luigi Mangiagalli and backed by the right-wing National Bloc. He was the first president of the Jewish Community of Milan following the 1930 Falco Law and later became president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities. In 1941, due to Milan’s bombings, he took refuge at Lake Maggiore and narrowly escaped an SS raid in September 1943.

The aedicule was designed by architect Manfredo d’Urbino between 1928 and 1930, built of white travertine and adorned with a menorah, Stars of David, and a Hebrew inscription along the cornice. Federico Jarach, his wife, and other family members are buried there.

Federico Jarach in wikipedia