Storie fantastiche dal cratere aquilano. MI CREDA
"Prima del terremoto io avevo a L’Aquila questa bella agenzia di consulenze. Sa, terreni, case, fabbricati industriali. E mi arriva un giorno questo signore di Alessandria. Mai visto prima, eh! Che mi spiega che si sta comprando un’azienda qui a L’Aquila, di proprietà delle Partecipazioni Statali. "
January 27, Remembrance Day: Ordinary Italians and Genocide 1943-45
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 ourselves if what e remember and how we remember is enough. And, we should take into consideration the sense of saturation that this institutional recurrence can provoke in some of us. Can we try to ask some new historiographical questions this year, seventy years after the beginnings of the deportation from Italy?
The Hôtel Meina
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the story of Lotte and Mario, and what happened to the guests of an Italian hotel when the Nazis came to stay.
History's Headlines: Italian-American artist honored at Allentown gallery
Of the many people who walk past 542 Hamilton Street in Allentown, few would give a second glance to the Victorian era building that was once the home of the Empire Beauty School, except for those who might look up in a spare moment and wonder about the nude sculpture of a woman in the upper window.
Even Uniforms Are Cuter in Italy
In a country where presentation is primary, a uniform is not simply clothing. In Italy, the fabric, color and line are often equally as important as the job itself.
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Italians Have a New Tool to Unearth Tax Cheats
Despite the government’s best efforts, tax evasion remains something of a pastime in Italy, where, famously, more than a few of the Ferrari-driving set claim impoverishment when it comes to declaring their incomes.
Berlusconi’s Praise of Mussolini Leads to Calls for Prosecution
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy praised the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini for having been a good leader in many respects, despite his responsibility for anti-Jewish laws, immediately prompting expressions of outrage on Sunday as Europeans held Holocaust remembrances.
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