Desc: Marpurgi: Directed by Boris Jurjasevic. With Vladimir Jurc, Dario Varga. THE MARPURGO FAMILY A Jewish man from Trieste is remembering the tales his grandfather used to tell him about Maribor in the medieval times, the city his family originates from, the city with the most prominent Jewish community in Slovenia, which left its mark on the life of the then commercial hub between Venice and Vienna. Amongst the Maribor Jewish merchants, bankers, jewelers and healers of that time, Rabi Israel Isserlein stands out. We consider him today to be one of the most important Jewish thinkers in the last seven hundred years. Unfortunately, the story of the thriving Maribor Jewish community only lasted until 1496, when Emperor Maximilian issued a decree with which he expelled them from the city forever. The majority of the Maribor Jews chose a new home in the coastal region from Trieste to Padua and from Split to Dubrovnik. They gave themselves a new name - Marpurgo.