History of the Jews in Switzerland in the city — more than in any other city in the world. Whereas the communities of Basel and Zürich are traditionally shaped by large Ashkenazi communities, Geneva also hosts an important Sephardic community. Its main synagogue, the Synagogue Hekhal Haness, is considered to be the most important Sephardic synagogue in the whole of Europe. A ring with a Menorah depiction found in Augusta Raurica (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) in 2001 attests to Hebrew presence in Germania Superior. The Encyclopaedia Judaica mentioned a first documentation in 1214. In the Middle Ages, as in many places in Europe, they frequently suffered persecution, for
Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa and entomologist Sydney Skaife. Nasou published the seventh volume of the encyclopaedia in 1972, and du Plessis and J. J. Spies assumed general editorship for the remaining five volumes. Some years after the publication of the final volume, Nasou was acquired by a holding company, and was merged with South African publisher Via Afrika (est. 1949). The new company, Nasou Via Afrika, is a publisher for the education market. In addition to "Animal Life in Southern Africa" (1971), Nasou published another book that made use of the encyclopaedia research: "English and South Africa", edited by Alan Lennox-Short (a senior lecturer