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"Promouvoir la connaissance de la bimillénaire présence juive en Italie et des communautés juives en référence à l’histoire, à la pensée et à la culture du judaïsme italien partant de ses origines jusqu’à présent ; encourager la connaissance des lieux de persécution raciale, de déportation et d’extermination dans notre Pays; promouvoir la connaissance des évènements à travers des témoignages et des sources documentaires relatives à la période fasciste en Italie, de toutes les victimes du nazi-fascisme et de tous ceux qui ont collaboré à sauver vies humaines ("les Justes parmi les Nations") ; promouvoir des formes de lutte contre toute déformation, banalisation, minimisation et abus de l’histoire et de la mémoire de la Shoah ; promouvoir les valeurs du respect et de la coexistence des peuples et du rencontre entre religions et cultures différentes ; partager des projets de recherche et approfondissement historique et didactique concernant la transmission de la mémoire".
Ce sont les objectifs de la lettre d’intention signée à Cracovie par le ministre de l’Éducation Giuseppe Valditara et par la présidente de l’UCEI Noemi Di Segni pendant le Voyage de Mémoire institutionnel en Pologne, avec la présence de la Témoin de la Shoah Tatiana Bucci. La cérémonie de la signature à la synagogue Remuh, qui a vu l’intervention du rabbin de Tourin Ariel Finzi, a été l’occasion pour parler de la Mémoire et de bonne transmission aux nouvelles générations. "Pour l’Italie et ses institutions, on lance un appel concernant la prise de responsabilité pour ce qui s’est passé. La Shoah n’est pas seulement dans les lieux d’extermination naziste. Elle est arrivée aussi chez nous, dans nos bureaux, nos demeures, nos places, nos vallées et nos montagnes", ceux, les mots de la présidente Di Segni dans la synagogue.

Sur la photo: la présidente de l’UCEI Noemi Di Segni avec la Témoin de la Shoah Tatiana Bucci pendant le Voyage de Mémoire institutionnel en Pologne.
 
Traduction de Francesca Angelucci, révisée par Onda Carofiglio, étudiantes à l’École Supérieure de Langues Modernes pour les Interprètes et les Traducteurs de l’Université de Trieste, stagiaires dans le bureau du journal de l’Union des communautés juives italiennes – Pagine Ebraiche.

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Some forms of antisemitism are easily recognizable, while others are more difficult to identify if you do not have the right tools and an education that is both strong and adaptable. This is what a strategic alliance between the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and TikTok, the world's leading social media platform by number of interactions, aims to consolidate.
 "Safety is one of our key priorities for 2023, and we want to give a multitude of meanings and nuances to this concept. One of the most relevant priorities is definitely the fight against antisemitism in all its many forms" says TikTok. In this sense, the goal is to step forward with education "despite being aware that our moderation alone is not sufficient". So, it is necessary to activate "a privileged channel between our offices", on which last week was already recorded a first discussion on the keystones of this commitment. This is the starting point to "foster a series of activities that will be carried out in the next future and that will be focused on the various trends" through which hate words spread, in particular antisemitic ones.

Translation by Martina Bandini, revised by Annadora Zuanel, students at the Secondary School of Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators of the University of Trieste, interns at the newspaper office of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities – Pagine Ebraiche.

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On January 29th the sixth edition of Run for Mem, the race for remembrance organized by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities in collaboration with the local Jewish community, will take place in Milan. It will cover a short and a longer route (4.8 and 12 km) covering various symbolic places from the Shoah Memorial to the ex-Hotel Regina, once Nazi headquarters, and from the Stolpersteine, the stumbling stones commemorating the deportees on the streets, to the Synagogue in via Guastalla. 
The goal is to raise awareness of the meaning of some landmarks of a city that was awarded the gold medal for Resistance and represents a symbol of victory against Nazi fascism. 
"The intention is to reaffirm the value of life that continues in spite of everything and in spite of all those that have tried to exterminate the Jews and other peoples throughout the centuries with genocides and massacres. Life goes on and the strength to survive, to live, must be passed on along with the courage to recount what happened, so that it may never happen again. And that is what we shall do involving the participation of citizenry of all ages, walking through a history-laden path. By running together, we will transmit the strong message of life", declare UCEI and the Jewish Community of Milan.
Testimonial of the Run for Mem is the Israeli walker Shaul Ladany, racewalker, and two-time Olympian, who survived as a child Bergen Belsen extermination camp and in 1972 the massacre perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists at the Summer Olympics in Munich. At his side, there will be the former middle-distance runner Alberto Cova, Olympic champion of the 10,000m dash in LA '84.

Above, Shaul Ladany at Run for Mem last edition in Novara.

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Fünfunddreißig Rechtsanwälte wurden nach der schändlichen italienischen Rassengesetzen von 1938 aus den Verzeichnissen und Registern der Anwaltschaft von Venedig ausgeschlossen.
Diese waren sowohl Männer als auch Frauen, an die nun mit der Enthüllung einer Gedenktafel mit ihren Namen in der Cittadella della Giustizia am Piazzale Roma erinnert wird. Der Oberrabbiner der Stadt, Rabbi Alberto Sermoneta, nahm unter anderem an der Zeremonie teil. Es handelt sich um eine Initiative, die ein bedeutendes Zeichen für Bewusstsein und Übernahme von Verantwortung darstellt. Sie lässt aber, wie erklärt der Präsident der jüdischen Gemeinde von Venedig Dario Calimani, auch viele Fragen unbeantwortet. „Es ist sicherlich ein verdienstvoller Akt, weil er die Schande jener Gesetze anerkennt. Letztes Jahr wurde eine ähnliche Gedenktafel zur Erinnerung an die 1938 vertriebenen Juden am Ateneo Veneto angebracht. Dennoch komme ich nicht umhin, mich Folgendes zu fragen: Wie kommt es, dass man fünfundachtzig Jahre auf diese Anerkennung warten musste? Warum geschah dies nicht kurz vor Kriegsende, als die nicht-faschistische Zivilgesellschaft die an den Juden begangenen Schandtaten hätte feststellen müssen?".

Übersetzt von Valentina Megera, durchgesehen von Sofia Busatto, Schülerinnen der Hochschule für moderne Sprachen für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer der Universität von Triest, Praktikantinnen in der Redaktion der Vereinigung der Italienischen Jüdischen Gemeinschaften – Pagine Ebraiche.

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By Joseph Berger*

Adolfo Kaminsky’s talent was as banal as could be: He knew how to remove supposedly indelible blue ink from paper. But it was a skill that helped save the lives of thousands of Jews in France during World War II. He had learned how to remove such stains as a teenager working for a clothes dyer and dry cleaner in his Normandy town. When he joined the anti-Nazi resistance at 18, his expertise enabled him to erase Jewish-sounding names like Abraham or Isaac that were officially inscribed on French ID and food ration cards, and substitute them with typically gentile-sounding ones. The forged documents allowed Jewish children, their parents and others to escape deportation to Auschwitz and other concentration camps, and in many cases to flee Nazi-occupied territory for safe havens. 

*This article was originally published on The New York Times on January 9, 2023 

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