The new Museum of Polish Jews (photo by Carolina Figini, 2013)
In addition to Milan, where the Day
of the Righteous in Europe was mobilized with the Dutch coach of AC Milan,
Clarence Seedorf, March 6th was also
celebrated in Périgueux, Prague and Warsaw. In the Polish capital there was a
big concert in honor of the Righteous at the new Museum of Polish Jews at the
center of the district where the ghetto once stood. We are pleased to present
the exclusive photo gallery of this important event, which promises to be the
historic inauguration of the Polish Garden of the Righteous, June 5th.
In Prague, Andreas Pieralli inaugurated
Gariwo-Czech Republic, with a conference and a concert (guest of honor Maestro
Gaetano Liguori) at the Italian Institute of Culture. It was attended by Chief
Rabbi of Prague and the journalist Machacek, among others, who explored the
theme of the Righteous, respectively, in the Jewish tradition and that of being
"Righteous," by Václav Havel.
In France in Périgueux, the public was able to attend the screening of the film Le dernier des Injustes, the most recent work of filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, who in 1985 proposed to the world a reflection image on the present and the past of so-called "places of memory, "and discuss the film with Hellen Kaufmann association, AJPN, and many other French and international operators of Remembrance.