JANUARY 27 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
Consulate General of Italy | Park Avenue at 69th Street Read
Please join us in front of the Consulate of Italy in New York to read the names of the Jews deported from Italy and the Italian territories. The ceremony will begin at 9 am and end at 3 pm. Centro Primo Levi thanks Consul General Hon. Natalia Quintavalle for renewing her predecessors' commitment to preserve the memory of the victims of Nazi-Fascist persecution. On the same day, in collaboration with Kehila Kedosha Janina, Centro Primo Levi invites you to Qabbalat Shabbat at 6:30 pm. Visit our website for details. The ceremony of January 27th opens a series of events dedicated to raising awareness of the history of totalitarianism, racism and xenophobia. Programs will take place between January 29th and February 2nd at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Mariṃ and the Italian Academy at Columbia University. See full calendar. |
ON THE WEB NOMI DELLA SHOAH ITALIANA
Visit the new portal of CDEC I nomi della Shoah italiana which will serve as a online memorial to the of Jews deported from Italy and the territories under Italian control, 1943-1945. Based on comprehensive research began in 1979 under the direction of Liliana Picciotto, the site features a search engine that gives access to a database that will include the names of over 7000 individuals, the majority of whom deported from Italy to Auschwitz- Birkenau and those of 2000 individuals deported from Italian territories. www.nomidellashoah.it. |
GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA NEW YORK
JANUARY 29 at 2:30 pm Museum of Jewish Heritage | 36 Battery Park Place | Free admission FORGING THE "NEW MAN". ITALIAN EUGENICS IN PERSPECTIVE JANUARY 30 at 6:00 pm NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Mariṃ 24 West 12th Street | Free admission THE REFUGEES OF CINECITTA' Special screening, by Marco Bertozzi and Noa Steimatsky
FEBRUARY 2 at 5:30 pm Italian Academy at Columbia University Free admission | Reservations: (212) 854-2306 "UNNATURAL INDECENCY": SEXUALITY AND HOMOSEXUALITY UNDER NAZISM AND FASCISM
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