"The trip to Auschwitz – very few speak about it because very few came back – is one of the most terrible chapters of the Shoah. Mine lasted six days, and for six days this humanity lived hoarded in the freight car with its misery, with its bodily functions, with its smell of sweat, of…Read more Liliana Segre: In Auschwitz at thirteen #LestWeForget
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Giuseppe Magurno: Places, and the sense of place in the narrative of Giorgio Bassani
Luoghi, e senso dei luoghi nella narrativa di Giorgio Bassani Giuseppe Magurno Il tema dei luoghi è sicuramente centrale nella narrativa di Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000), «uno scrittore da ritrovare» dopo le incomprensioni critiche dei primi anni Sessanta, in tempi di neoavanguardia e di sperimentalismo. Ed è centrale non soltanto in chiave identitaria e antropologica, se…Read more Giuseppe Magurno: Places, and the sense of place in the narrative of Giorgio Bassani
Léopold Chauveau & Nat Paterson: Histoire du Boa et du Tapir/ Story of the Boa and the Tapir
Histoire du Boa et du Tapir Léopold Chauveau -Dis, papa ! Est-ce que tu as écrit l’histoire que tu m’as racontée hier ? -Laquelle ? -Le boa et le tapir. -Oui. -S’il te plaît me la lire. -Lisons-la. Story of the Boa and the Tapir Léopold Chauveau “Hey, Dad! Did you write down the story…Read more Léopold Chauveau & Nat Paterson: Histoire du Boa et du Tapir/ Story of the Boa and the Tapir
Liliana Segre: da Ad Auschwitz a tredici anni/ In Auschwitz at thirteen – Part 6
"Don't die. The war is almost over..." This is this last part of Liliana Segre's story. We have travelled along this unimaginable path with her. And if we have a conscience, we should keep these memories close to our hearts, #lestweforget. Part 6 Non morite, la guerra sta per finire Arrivammo poi in altri Lager:…Read more Liliana Segre: da Ad Auschwitz a tredici anni/ In Auschwitz at thirteen – Part 6