Dear friends of Selvino, In this difficult time for Italy but also for Israel, the Children of Selvino cannot and do not want to forget the place that hosted them after the Shoah and above all the inhabitants of the small town of Selvino, between Val Seriana and Val Brembana, Read more…
Francesca Muci’s new film, La casa dei bambini, was produced by Francesco Gesualdi for Camelot 2014 and Istituto Luce Cinecittà, which distributes it in theaters. See link to “News Cinecittà”. We have already talked about it in a post in which we announced some shots of the film in Selvino: 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…
The orphans of the Shoah and the birth of Israel. The book is out in January 2018, Einaudi Storia, pp. XIV – 394, € 32 – eBook € 10,99. Sergio Luzzatto recounts here the adventure of a surprising number of Jewish children, who have escaped the final solution and refugees Read more…
Domenica 7 agosto 1932 avvenne una visita dei giornalisti e dei gerarchi fascisti di Milano al “Campeggio di Aprica” dei Giovani Fascisti e alla “colonia permanente Sciesopoli di Selvino”. La relazione fu svolta dai notabili fascisti: dal console Brusa, dal federale Fausto Ravasio e dal cav. Valassina. Vi parteciparono anche Read more…
During the exhibition in Bergamo exhibition on “Sciesopoli Jewish, 1945-1948”, a couple of elderly people (whom we thank for this gift) gave us a beautiful picture-postcard, sent from Sciesopoli in Israel by Avraham and Yenti Spiegel, in January of 1947. On the back there is a writing in Yiddish, we Read more…
Georges Loinger that during the Second World War he saved 500 Jewish children from deportation, celebrated her 105th birthday on Aug. 27, 2015. Card, Georges, up to 120 years! We must remember who is this man from the long live super active and so involved. Loinger Georges was born in Read more…
Una memoria, mille voci – la mostra arriva a Milano La mostra presentata nelle sale di Palazzo Moriggia, sede del Museo del Risorgimento di Milano e del Laboratorio di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea, è il fulcro del progetto lanciato dall’Isrec per far conoscere Charlotte Delbo anche nel nostro paese, cui la legano non solo Read more…
1 maggio – 4 maggio Ore 11,00 Sala Congressi del Comune di Selvino Apertura mostra documentaria “Sciesopoli, colonia dei bambini ebrei di Selvino, 1945-1948″ a cura di Bernardino Pasinelli (archivista) La mostra è aperta dal 1 al 4 maggio, ore 10-12 e 15-18 2 maggio Ore 15,00 Sciesopoli (Via Cardo Read more…