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Remembrance Day

Memoria Al Futuro - Editorial

A special issue of i-Italy dedicated to an uncompromising critique of racism, past and present. This special issue is being regularly updated with new articles.

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...

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...

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...

Remembrance Day 2010. Introducing This Year's Topics

January 27, 2010. Natalia Indrimi, Director of the Primo Levi Center in New York, introduces us the two topics on which Remembrance Day will focus this year: the Jewish Community...

The "Gold of Rome" in Fascist Hands

Marina Melchionda

Interview with director Carlo Lizzani, director of "L'oro di Roma" - The Gold of Rome (1961). The movie will be presented in New York on February 2 in occasion of the celebration...

Voices from the Italian Shoah. Reading Testimonies

B. G.

January 27, 6PM. Robert Zukerman and Antoinette La Vecchia, accompanied by Steve Elson, read excerpts of "Il libro della Shoah" at the Primo Levi Center in NYC

From Vatican II to Ratzinger. Evolutions and Devolutions of Jewish-Christian Relationships

Marina Melchionda

From Pius XII’s silence to John XXIII’s Vatican II; from John Paul II’s openings to the ruptures with Ratzinger. Interview with Alberto Melloni, Professor of Church History...

Taking History to the Street

Francesco Maria Talò Consul General of Italy in New York

"Italy does not forget. We still feel shame that this occurred in our country. This is why every year we read the names of the Italian victims of the Holocaust on the sidewalk in...

Nedo, Andrea and Talia

Letizia Airos Soria

An encounter with journalist Andrea Fiano, member of the Board of Directors of the Primo Levi Center (NYC). He is the son of Nedo Fiano, an Auschwitz survivor, and the father of...

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