“This historical era has one problem among many: prophets are missing.” Marek Halter is one of Europe’s most influential intellectuals. Born in Warsaw in 1936, he fled with his parents from the horror of the ghetto established by Nazis along …
By Angelica Calò Livnè*
These days, I often think that in the 1930s, when the racist laws were promulgated, my grandparents were the same age of my children today. I have often imagined my grandfather Cesare in his thirties, …
Forty-four figures – from Ugo Ancona of Ferrara to Alessandro Lustig Piacezzi of Trieste – show the relevant contribution that left a mark in the events after the unification of Italy in 1861, at least until the fascist regime’s antisemitism …
“This is a world in which hatred is rampant and people are listening less and less. But we must not stop striving to change it, because each of us can do something to correct distortions. Writing, testimony, raising our voices: …
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 section of the survey conducted by the CDEC Foundation describes Italy’s social and economic context. What emerges from this part of the survey is that the country feels more fragile, poorer and angrier. The data on school dropout …
““Something has gone wrong in the process of countering antisemitism in Italy.” This is the bitter conclusion drawn by the sociologist Betti Guetta and the researchers of the Observatory on antisemitism of the Contemporary Jewish. Documentation Center – CDEC Foundation …
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 …
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 percentage of Italians who recognize the usefulness of Holocaust Remembrance Day is declining, the latest survey by the SWG research institute revealed. SWG has been monitoring the perception and feelings of Italians toward this date every January since 2014. …