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In order to celebrate the first European Day of the Righteous, on 6 March 2013 the Garden of the Righteous of Brescia was inaugurated in the south area of Park Tarello.
The initiative was organized by the association Filosofi lungo l'Oglio, in collaboration with Gariwo and Casa della Memoria and it was approved by the city of Brescia and councillors Mario Labolani and Andrea Arcai.
Six trees were planted in honor of Raphael Lemkin, Jan Patočka, Monsignor Carlo Manziana, Teresio Olivelli, Etty Hillesum e Angelo e Caterina Rizzini.
The students of Brescia, Francesca Nodari from Filosofi lungo l'Oglio, Annamaria Samuelli from Gariwo and italian, armenian, polish and czechoslovakian witnesses took part in the ceremony. They commemorated the Righteous and their courage in fighting for love and justice.
Garden of Brescia - Inauguration
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People honoured in this Garden
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| Dietrich Bonhoeffer [biography on external website] was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident |
| Etty Hillesum was the author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation |
| Janusz Korczak Educator, he followed the Jewish children into the Warsaw Ghetto and in deportation |
| Raphael Lemkin the great jurist who coined the word “genocide” |
| Carlo Manziana he was a bishop that helped his friends during the imprisonment in Dachau |
| Carlo Maria Martini [biography on external website] for his dialog commitment with all religions |
| Teresio Olivelli the "rebel out of love" |
| Jan Patočka historian and fundamental dissenter in the Czechoslovakian opposition forces |
| Angelo and Caterina Rizzini they rescued a Jewish woman and her son by hiding them at their home |
| Giuseppe Laras [the figure disagrees with the criteria proposed by Gariwo for the choice of the Righteous] rabbi, one of the key figures of Jewish-Christian dialogue and between secular culture and religious culture in Milan and Italy |
| Nadia Murad young Iraqi of Yazidi religion, direct witness of the massacre of her family and the violence of the ISIS militants |
| Lech Wałȩsa Polish trade unionist who spearheaded the Opposition forces against the communist regime |
| Astolfo Lunardi partisan, he tried to save a younger friend by taking the blame for his deeds |
