Sad. The community of the Children Of Selvino bows its head with the untimely passing of our friend in Milan/Selvino. Anna Sternfeld, wife of Enrico Grisanti passed away on February 15, 2023, after fighting with courage and hope for her recovery. Anna was a small woman of big stature. Strong Read more…
On July 28, 2020, Avraham Itzhak (called Izio) Shichore, a Child from Selvino, died. He was 90 years old. He was the son of Shlomo and Minna, born in Poland on February 12, 1930, husband of Naomi Plug-Shichore. He had made his Aliya in Israel in 1947. He was buried Read more…
The plaque of the Children of Selvino has been found at the beginning of March 2019. It had been stolen from Vulcano Park in the days between the end of 2018 and the beginning of the new year. It was probably a year-end prank. However, we thank Anna and Enrico Read more…
An award to the journalist Matteo Fontana who told the story of the journey of the “cyclist of memory”. In Milan Thursday, October 25, 2018, Matteo Fontana, journalist from Varesenoi.it received the Israel Press Award 2018 awarded by the Israeli National Tourist Office. He was awarded for an article written Read more…
On May 16, 2018, at the Palmach Museum in Tel Aviv, an event was held for the Children of Selvino and their families, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. The program included a social gathering, singing accompanied by a slideshow and personal Read more…
Miriam Bisk, President of Amuttah “Children of Selvino”, talks about her parents, Salek Najman and Lola Popinska, who were Polish Jews, sole survivors of the Holocaust and refugees in Several detention camps and interned in the British camps in Cyprus. Miriam’s father was involved in the youth movement Gordonia, of Read more…
Sciesopoli – la Casa dei Bambini di Selvino (1945-1948) Giro in bicicletta di Giovani Bloisi (Tel. +39 328.141 6574) Da Varano Borghi (Varese) a Yad Vashem (Israele) Marzo-Aprile 2017 CALENDARIO TAPPE 13 marzo 2017 Tradate ore 11: Conferenza stampa 15 marzo 2017 Milano ore 10: Monte Stella, Cerimonia Gariwo Read more…
In Milan, at the House of Memory in Via Federico Confalonieri, 14 MM 5 Isola, organized by Anpi Books and Unicopli. Presentation of the book by Anna Scandella: “Aliyah Bet – Sciesopoli: the return to life of 800 children who survived the Holocaust” published by Unicopli in 2017. The author Read more…