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“Salonicco 1943”. Un capitolo di storia da rispolverare

Marina Melchionda

Il 18 febbraio 2010 il Centro Primo Levi di New York ha ospitato l’ultimo evento di quest’anno dedicato al Giorno della Memoria: l’opera teatrale “Salonicco 1943”, per....

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....

Fratelli d'Italia? Remembering Platform 21

BENEDETTA GRASSO

An interesting new Italian documentary, that will come out on January 27 with "Corriere della Sera" and that explores a not so well-known side of Italian history during the tragic..

De-Portees: an Artistic & Conceptual Look at the Holocaust

BENEDETTA GRASSO

The exhibit De/Portees by the contemporary artist Jack Sal opened on January 27 2010 at The Italian Cultural Institute, during the annual reading of the names of the deported...

An Authentic Voice from the Roman Jewish Ghetto

Benedetta Grasso

"Una Storia Romana" is a documentary that takes us back to Rome, in 1943 when a young girl, Enrica Sermoneta, managed to survive the deportation and the difficult economic...

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...

VIDEO. New York, January 27. Giorno della memoria

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

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...

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...

Dal Concilio Vaticano II a Ratzinger. Evoluzioni e devoluzioni dei rapporti ebraico-cristiani

Marina Melchionda

Giornata della Memoria 2010. Dai silenzi di Pio XII al Concilio Vaticano II di Giovanni XXIII; dall'apertura con Giovanni Paolo II alle rotture con Papa Ratzinger. Intervista con..

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...

Memory Buried: In Search of Mussolini’s Camps

Alessandro Cassin

Interview with Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, professor at the Università della Calabria and president of Fondazione Ferramonti, which is dedicated to preserving the memory of the...

A Papal Visit to the Jewish Museum of Rome. Interview with Daniela Di Castro

A surprise exhibition welcomes Benedict XVI to the Jewish Museum of Rome. Interview with its director Daniela di Castro

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...

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