On June 18, 2019, Orly Ardon, daughter of Itamar (Deutsch) Doron, a child of Selvino, and granddaughter of two instructors in the institute visited Sciesopoli. At nine in the morning Enrico Grisanti accompanied the family of Orly Ardon, with husband and her daughter, to the town hall of Selvino, where 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…
Wednesday, July 25 and Tuesday, August 7, 2018, the Municipal Administration of Selvino, in collaboration with the association Oter, proposed two meetings in the Library on the history of the colony of Sciesopoli, led by Aurora Cantini and Enrico Grisanti. Both meetings have been successful. The story of the story Read more…
He was only 10 years old when, in the autumn of 1946, Hersch Pelz arrived in Selvin from Poland with his brothers Dov, Yizhak, Josef and his sister Rifka. They were helped by the Joint (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) and Jewish Brigade. His mother Sara, who as a maiden Read more…
To visit at the Memorial of the Shoah in Milan (Binary 21) the exhibition “Ships of Hope” Aliya Bet from Italy, 1945-1948, open until June 28, 2018. The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of the vice-president of the Memorial, Roberto Jarach, the vice-Ambassador of Israel in Italy, Ofra Farhi, 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…
Bobbi Maxman (Bronka Auerbach) died suddenly in New York July 7, 2016, at the age of 83 years. Bobbi was born in 1932 in Zalosce (Zalosza or Zaliztsi), a small town which was then in Poland. At the outbreak of World War II, Poland was divided and Zalosce became part Read more…
The June 27, 2016 Yehudith is back in Selvino to visit the colony of Sciesopoli and of Opera Bergamasca in Piazzatorre, who had received and had given back a smile and a life expectancy. On this trip she were accompanied by Annalisa Govi and Matthias Durchfeld dell’Istoreco of Reggio Emilia. Read more…
THURSDAY, June 23, 2016, SCIESOPOLI BETWEEN ART AND SCULPTURES It will be inaugurated on Thursday, June 23, 2016 the exhibition of paintings and sculptures of the Accademia Belle Arti Santa Giulia of Brescia with which the Municipality of Selvino has recently signed a three-year cooperation agreement. There will be the Read more…
Born in June 1930 as Ester Weiss , to Salomea ( Sala) and Jacob her parents. Had an older brother, Josef. Her childhood was relatively good. In 1941 Ester was sent to a summer camp in Zaleszczyki , close to the Rumanian border, which became part of the Ukraine as 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…
Trailer of Miriam Bisk’s future documentary, that traces the journey of her parents, who fled from Poland after the war, in their attempt to reach the promised land. [sz-video url=”https://youtu.be/JIEtSLa56Cc?rel=0″ /] The petition for “the living memory of Jewish Sciesopoli “(1945-1948) was the turning point in summer of 2012, when Read more…
Pictured above that refers to the year 1946, there are boys and guests during a party in the house Sciesopoli “The Youth Aliyah” Selvino. You may recognize: Shlomo Weisbrod, Noga Donat, Jeshayahu Flamholz, Isak Rechtman, Yaakov Meriash, Avraham Hassman, Helenka Saban, Lea Shnee, Miriam Weinstock, Yaffa Yanover, Edzia Winkler, Halina 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…
[codepeople-post-map] In Danimarca ci fu il salvataggio di 7-8 mila ebrei per l’opposizione di un popolo intero e del giovane ufficiale delle SS “Werner Best” che fecce il doppio gioco. Come a Gilleleje, villaggio di pescatori all’estremo nord dello stretto di Øresund. Millesettecento anime che da un giorno all’altro si Read more…
[codepeople-post-map] LINK SU SCUOLA E SHOAH Villa Emma a Nonantola (Modena), 1942-1943 A Nonantola in provincia di Modena, c’è la villa che accolse 73 ragazzi ebrei in fuga nell’Europa sconvolta dalla guerra, dove rimasero fra l’estate del 1942 e l’autunno del 1943. Fuggirono dopo l’8 settembre per scampare all’arresto e Read more…