Jewish Genocide
Toscanini honoured as Righteous in Rome
On 22 January at noon, at Parco Auditorium della Musica in Rome, for Holocaust Memorial Day, a tree will be planted in honour of the great musicians who helped many Jewish artists flee the Holocaust. On 27 January great concert conducted by Yoel Levi. The comments by Gabriele Nissim and the communiqué of Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
On 27 January, date of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, the world commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day. Calendar of Gariwo events and a few events to be held worldwide.
Emilio Barbarani, a Righteous at the Farnesina
The Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed Gabriele Nissim and a thick group of students of Rummo High School in Benevento who, led by professor Enza Nunziato, promoted the nomination of Emilio Barbarani for recognition as Righteous.
Runaway from occupied Croatia
Zeev Milo is 93 years old. The son to Croatian millers, a Jewish survivor to the Holocaust thanks to his runaway into the Italian zone of Yugoslavia, out of gratefulness for those who rescued him, he published several books about his story. Here we present an interview with him.
Hrant Dink-Street in Gezi Park
Dogan Akhanli, German-Turkish writer and activist honored on 6 March, European Day of the Righteous, held a performance on his last day in Turkey, the country that imprisoned him for 4 months for denouncing the Armenian genocide. We are pleased to publish the text, based on his latest novel Die Richter des jüngsten Gerichts (the Judges of the Most Recent Court).
Angelo Rotta
Dalbert Hallenstein is an Australian reporter who has worked for important newspapers such as The International Herald Tribune. Recently he has engaged in a series of books about the Righteous among the nations. Here is an anticipation of his next book about Angelo Rotta, the Vatican's nuncio in Budapest during WW2 who rescued numerous Jews.
Shoah
the genocide of Jews
In the framework of second world war (1939-1945) Europe witnessed the genocide of the Jewish people (1941-1945). The “final solution“, the extermination of six million Jews, was planned by Hitler who had come on power in Germany in 1933. Since the publication of Mein Kampf, Hitler had planned the nationalsocialist revolution based on a racist ideology.
In the memory of the Jewish people and in the verdict that closed the works of the International Military Court, 6,000,000 victims of the extermination are estimated. As a matter of facts, the most reliable scholars including Raul Hilberg estimate about 5,200,000 victims.
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The Chilesotti family
prof. Laura Lattes, wanted because she was a Jew, was helped by the Chilesotti family