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January 27, Remembrance Day: Ordinary Italians and Genocide 1943-45

Simon Levis Sullam

What is a genocide and how does it occur? This is a question that we Italians can and should ask as Remembrance Day (January 27th) approaches again this year. We should ask...

NYC. Remembrance Day

B. G.

On January 27, 1945 the Soviet Army entered and liberated the extermination camp of Auschwitz, starting the liberation process. This date was chosen in the year 2000 to...

Nedo, Andrea and Talia

Letizia Airos

On the occasion of the Remembrance Day, i-Italy publishes again this interview released on 27th January 2009. An encounter with journalist Andrea Fiano, member of the Board of...

Italy to Observe Holocaust Remembrance Day in the United States

A series of events in Washington DC and throughout the United States will honor the victims of the Holocaust

The Week of Remembrance. Never Let the Past Horrors Happen Again

Marcello De Marco

With the patronage of the Italian Consulate and Primo Levi Center, the recurrence of the Day of Remembrance has been expanded to become the Week of Remembrance. A series of events...

Cappuccino with Tullia Zevi

Maria Rita Latto

Tullia Zevi died Saturday at the age of 92. She was one of the historic post-war leaders of Italy's Jews and the only woman to ever hold the post of president of the country's...

Salonika 1943. Dusting Off a Forgotten Chapter of History

Marina Melchionda

The theatrical performance "Salonika 1943", held at the Primo Levi Center on February 18, wrapped up this year's celebrations of Remembrance Day. We attended the event, in which...

In the Camp of Fossoli

Marina Melchionda

Fossoli was one of the 48 areas that hosted an internment camp during Fascism in Italy. On January 31, the screening of "The Jews of Fossoli" at the Museum for Jewish Heritage...

50 Italians. Should it be Screened in Schools?

M. M.

Here is the opinion of the director of the Primo Levi Center Natalia Indrimi . Should a documentary that recounts the "gestures" of 50 Italian fascist soldiers who saved a few...

50 Italians. Should it be Screened in Schools?

Marina Melchionda

Should a documentary that recounts the "gestures" of 50 Italian fascist soldiers who saved a few thousands Jews to escape Fascist persecution be screened in Italian schools? Here...

Thousands of Names and Emotions on Park Avenue

Marina Melchionda

On January 27, we gathered outside the Consulate General of Italy on Park Avenue to read the names of the thousands of Italian Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Here are some of...

Holocaust Remembrance day in Europe and Italy

Maria Rita Latto

January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the date when victims of the Shoah are remembered in celebrations and memorial services throughout Europe, from Poland...

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