Venetian by birth, Florentine by adoption, Mazzinian Jewess Amelia Pincherle Rosselli (1870-1954) was always at the side of her sons Carlo and Nello in the anti-fascist struggle that cost them their lives. Both were assassinated on June 9, 1937, in …
Under Nazi-fascism, not only notorious gangs, such as the Bardi-Pollastrini or the Cialli-Mezzaroma gangs, but also “ordinary” Italian citizens distinguished themselves in the denunciation of Jews. A painful chapter, addressed by the exhibition “Le parole dell’odio. Gli ebrei romani venduti …
The Turin International Book Fair is back under the new editorial direction of Annalena Benini, in the name of one of the most famous female Italian writers, who grew up right under the shadow of the Mole Antonelliana: Natalia Ginzburg. …
The first volume was published in 2012: La scomparsa della sesta Scola (“The disappearance of the sixth Synagogue”), written by Giancarlo Spizzichino. The author reconstructed the little-known history of the Portaleone synagogue, also known as “the Sixth Synagogue,” located in …
En este dinámico y bien documentado volumen destacan las relaciones que la estadista mantenía con Italia. De hecho, en una celebre entrevista con la periodista Oriana Fallaci, otra figura que no pudo resistir a aquella interlocutora nada común, afirmó: “Nenni …
En février 2023, un tremblement de terre a frappé Sienne, causant des dommages considérables à plusieurs bâtiments, dont la synagogue du Vicolo delle Scotte, en plein centre historique. Une campagne de collecte de fonds lancée par la Communauté juive de …
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Catania Section of the Jewish Community of Naples held an event to raise awareness about the Sicilian Jewish heritage. The initiative included a visit to the impressive Jewish catacombs located in the ancient heart of …
Sweet eyes and melancholy painted on the face of a kind and gentle man. “But behind that apparent docility, the Italian filmmaker Daniele Segre, known for his documentary films, hid a determination and an extraordinary strength. His career proves it: …
The tragedy of the Einstein Mazzetti family massacre by the Nazis during WWII remains in the background of the exhibition “After Images,” open at the Milan Shoah Memorial until February 25th. The photographs by Eva Krampen Kosloski, the protagonists of …
Liliana Picciotto is one of the most prominent Shoah scholars in Italy. A guest speaker at the University of Padua, she gave a lectio magistralis on “Resisting Extermination. Jews in Italy during the Fascist Occupation,” which she opened addressing the …