Irma Marchiani: April 25, Liberation Day (Italy)

Irma Marchiani: Women and the resistance from Lettere di condannati a morte della Resistenza italiana 8 settembre 1943-25 aprile 1945 Irma Marchiani (Anty)   Prigione di Pavullo, 26.11.1944   Mia adorata Pally,   sono gli ultimi istanti della mia vita. Pally adorata ti dico a te saluta e bacia tutti quelli che mi ricorderanno .…Read more Irma Marchiani: April 25, Liberation Day (Italy)

On indifference: #lestweforget #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay2021

"Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.” Albert Einstein L'indifferenza è l'ottavo vizio capitale.   Don Andrea GalloIndifference is the eighth capital sin.…Read more On indifference: #lestweforget #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay2021

Joyce Lussu: C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes

 "Translating poetry is not an arid academic and philological exercise on the grammatical and syntactical complications of language. Translating poetry means striving to understand it; it almost means reliving it. All you need (but it is indispensable) is to have a common denominator with the poet on man's position on life." Joyce Lussu For the…Read more Joyce Lussu: C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes

#LilianaSegre: 90 years old today. This is her story. #Lestweforget the horrors man is capable of

Liliana Segre:Le più belle frasi   Temo di vivere abbastanza per vedere cose che pensavo la Storia avesse definitivamente bocciato, invece erano solo sopite.  Liliana Segre: The most beautiful passages   I’m afraid I will live long enough to see the things I thought History had definitely quashed and which were, instead only dormant.Coltivare la…Read more #LilianaSegre: 90 years old today. This is her story. #Lestweforget the horrors man is capable of