Italy, Torre del Greco supports Tanzanian Albinos
In the framework of the Italian and Tanzanian civil society relations, Ambassador Marco Lombardi joined today the ceremony of delivery of spectacles and sunglasses to the Tanzania Albinism Society from Italy, Torre del Greco, Ottica di MarioGiordano and Alfonso Vitiello of D’Elia Company. Lombardi, in underling the importance of “People-to-People” relations between Italy and Tanzania, […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: webinar on Sephardic communities in Lisbon
To commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the Italian Embassy in Lisbon has organized a multidisciplinary online meeting (16:00 – 17:00 CET) entitled “For a collective memory: Sephardic communities in Italy between the Diaspora and the Shoah.” The event, which is taking place today, 27 January, is organized in partnership with the Chair of Sephardic […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Shabbat Shalom online concert in Istanbul
“Shabbat Shalom”, an online concert of the duo Delilah Gutman and Refael Negri, will be held today, 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, following an initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul and CIDIM (Italian National Committee of Music). “Shabbat Shalom” explores, through the lyrics and tradition of Yemenite, Sephardic and Klezmer songs from […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: an interview with Dacia Maraini in Detroit
The Consulate of Italy in Detroit and the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with two screenings: an interview with writer Dacia Maraini, who shared her experience in a concentration camp, and the movie “Un cielo stellato sopra il ghetto di Roma” [A Starry Sky above the Roman Ghetto], directed […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: commemoration ceremony held in Park Avenue, New York
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Italy’s Consulate General in New York hosted the traditional ceremony – organised alongside Centro Primo Levi – during which the names of the Italian deportees are read out. This year too the event was held on the sidewalk of Park Avenue, just outside the Consulate and […]
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Remembrance Day: Tokyo hosts a concert and a film screening
The Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo celebrated Holocaust Remembrance Day with a concert and the screening of the film ‘’1938. Quando scoprimmo di non essere più italiani’’, by director Pietro Suber. The concert is a journey into the Klezmer music culture and Yiddish songs, a genre that vaunts a four-century-old history and having travelled through […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Stranger and the influence of Primo Levi
The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Oslo presents Simon Stranger’s book ‘’Leksikon om lys og mørke – Il solo modo per dirsi addio’’ to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The book narrates the story of a Jewish family, who after the war decided to move into the house of Nazi Henry Rinnan, where he […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Belgrade hosts a conference entitled ”From the inexpressible to the invisible.”
To mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade hosts an online debate entitled ”From the inexpressible to the invisible: interpreting the Remembrance of the Shoah through documents and projects. A dialogue between architecture and history.“ Guido Morpurgo and Milovan Pisarri will discuss the topic, with contributions by Ambassador […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: online conversation in Lyon with Edith Bruck
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Lyon organised an online meeting with author Edith Bruck, whose book Il Pane Perduto (The Lost Bread) – which describes her deportation to Auschwitz – has just been translated into French. The webinar was attended, aside from the author, by René De […]
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Beirut, May al Khalil was awarded the Star of Italy
The Ambassador of Italy to the Lebanon, Nicoletta Bombardiere, awarded the honour ofKnight of the Order of the Star of Italy to May al Khalil, founder and President of the Beirut Marathon Association, in recognition of her contribution to the development and promotion of sport as an instrument for prosperity and resilience of the Lebanese society. […]
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