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A tree for Dr. Andrea Loriga

Andrea Loriga, municipal doctor of Binasco since 1938, actively opposed the fascist regime and in September 1944 took the family of Jewish lawyer Augusto Weiller into safety to Switzerland. The city hall of Binasco, upon initiative of Centro Culturale La Tenda, dedicated an oak and a stone to his memory.


Seveso dedicates a garden to Giacomo Bassi - a Righteous among the Nations

The Mulberry Garden in Verona street was named after the city clerk who rescued a Jewish family in 1943. The pupils of the Frassati high school staged an exhibition about his life.


Other places of commemoration in Italy

Rememberence of good not to be surrendered by evil

Gardens, squares, forests, cemeteries, trees, plaques and memorials have sprung up everywhere, in Italy and in the world, to keep alive the memory not only of persecutions but also of those who rescue the victims.
An example for young people, an educational memory able to speak to the future.

The gardens of the Righteous

Gardens and other places of the memory

In Italy and in the world

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