Her birth certificate reads “Liliana,” but everyone knows her as Tatiana\u2014 a courageous and determined woman who survived the Holocaust and, like her sister Andra, has become a powerful testimony to that horror. They often speak together, sharing the stage at various events, united in their message to the younger generation: study and do not remain indifferent. On September 19, Tatiana Bucci, one of the last living Italian survivors of the Holocaust, turned 87.
\nBorn in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) in 1937, when she was 6, she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau with her younger sister (4). Upon arrival at the camp, they were mistaken for twins, which spared them from immediate execution. Their cousin, seven-and-a-half-year-old Sergio De Simone, was tragically deceived and killed.
\nIn 2019, both Bucci sisters were awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. During the most recent Journey of Remembrance organized by Italian Ministry of Education and Merit and the UCEI in Poland, Tatiana expressed a heartfelt wish: “Before I close my eyes, I would like Italy to reckon with its past, as Germany has done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"