Days of memory : listening to Jewish Italians who lived through fascism and the Holocaust
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
940.531809/MONACHINA,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Amherst, Massachusetts : White River Press, 2024
DESCRIPTION
240 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9798885450058, 9798885450058
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Days of Memory: Listening to the Stories of Jewish Italians who lived through Fascism and the Holocaust is a collection of stories based on interviews with people who lived through Fascism and the Holocaust in Italy, with a focus on Jewish Italians. The book also chronicles the writer's own journey of learning as she embarked upon and carried out this project"--
CONTENTS
Part One: The Way In --
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1998 - Rinaldo Ribezzi --
Rome, 2000 --
Rome, 2001 --
Gubbio, Italy, 2001 - Maria Perla Ajo --
Lenox, Massachusetts, 2001 - Maria Perla Ajo --
Gubbio, 2002 - Maria Perla Ajo --
Rome --
Rome, 2002 - Graziella Viterbi --
Sarasota, Florida, 2003 - Orietta Vita Kohn --
House on the Square --
Rome, Gubbio, Venice, 2004 - Virginia Gattegno and Lea Bellini --
Venice, 2004 - Virginia Gattegno Cipolato --
Rome, June 2004 --
Milan, April and November, 2005 - Liliana Picciotto --
Part Two: In the Place of Memory --
Milan, January, 2007 --
Milan, 2007 - Aurelio Ascoli --
Milan, 2007 - Liliana Picciotto --
Milan, 2007 - Liliana Picciotto - The Interview Continues --
Boehm File, CDEC, Via Eupili --
Shabbat, 2007 --
Rome, 2007 - Graziella Viterbi - A Second Meeting --
Salerno, 2007 - Grandparents from the War --
A Weekend of Good Friday, Passover, Easter --
Venice, 2007 - Virginia Gattegno Cipolato - A Second Visit --
Milan, 2007 - Guido Weiller --
Milan, 2007 --
Liliana Picciotto - The Deportations --
Mothers on Bicycles --
Milan, 2007 - Marco Szulc --
Part Three: A Postlude --
Memorial, and an Architect's Story