Federico Steinhaus

Federico Steinhaus was born in Merano in 1937. He studied political science at the Istituto Cesare Alfieri in Florence, graduating with honors. His publications include “Ebraismo sefardita. Storia degli ebrei di Spagna nel Medioevo” (1969), “La terra contesa. Storia dei nazionalismi ebraico ed arabo” (1984), “Ebrei/Juden. Gli ebrei dell’Alto Adige negli anni trenta e quaranta” (1995), “Le parole malate: la disinformazione come sistema” (2012), and “Un convento a Gerusalemme. Genesi del conflitto arabo-israeliano” (2014). He was active in local public life and held positions in national and international Jewish institutions.