This week the family of “I Bambini di Selvino” lost one of ours: Yael Golan-Shwartzblat Zal died in Australia. The Selvino Children’s Association planted a tree in memory of Yael Golan in the Jerusalem forest. We “met” her and her daughter Michal in a remote online meeting about a year Read more…
On Monday, June 12, 2023, Ruben Richmann, one of the Children of Selvino, died in Montreal. He was born in 1932 in a small Polish town, today Belarus, 100 km from Vilnius. He was the only Holocaust survivor of his entire family. He had been welcomed in Selvino in the Read more…
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…
The “Casa della Memoria di Brescia“, which has always been committed to safeguarding memory to bear witness to the Shoah, has set up an exhibition with the stories of Jewish children who were victims of Nazi persecution, entitled “Stars without a sky“. The exhibition will be open from 10 to Read more…
Message from the sons of David Herman, who passed away on April 14, 2022. Thursday, April 28, 2022, Holocaust “Martyrs and Heroes” Memorial Day. The memorial candle is still lit🕯️ Today we stood in silence for 2 minutes as the siren sounded. For the first time without our father, the Read more…
Hannah Eden was born in Plinycha, Poland, in July 1933. Her name was Annia Shlenkovitz. Her parents where Peretz and Zviya Shlenkovitz, and she has a five-year-older brother named Moshe. From testimony that Hannah gave to her grandchildren on the occasion of “Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day”: “We had Read more…
On Friday, June 18, 2021, Dov Pelts, one of the Children of Selvino, died in Nahariya. He was born in Tomaschov in Poland in 1931. Dov together with his brothers, Yitzhak, Zvi and Yossi and their sister Rivka, remained in Sciesopoli for about three years, until they emigrated to Israel Read more…
We are moved and saddened by the death of Hanna Gurfinkel Cerrone, a little girl from Selvino. The brothers Gurfinkel Israel (born in 1935) and Chana or Hanna (born in 1933), both born in Warsaw to Abraham and Chesia, are registered in the list of the Selvino Children of 10 Read more…
ITALIAN NATIONAL COMPETITION: “YOUNG PEOPLE REMEMBER THE SHOAH” school year 2020/2021 The contest “Young people remember the Shoah“, now in its nineteenth edition, saw the participation of thousands of Italian students, who, despite the difficulties related to the Covid-19 pandemic, tried their hand at the theme of “Return to life Read more…
Best wishes to Senator Liliana Segre on her 90th birthday from ANED – National Association of ex-deportees to Nazi camps which produced a special video to express her deep gratitude for her testimony. The friends of the Children of Selvino join in these touching wishes with the utmost esteem and 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…
We participate in the pain of the family, children and grandchildren and share the commitment to preserve the memory of the Children of Selvino. Yossi, Sarah Spiegel’s son sent us some photos and a short text in her memory, so that her memory will be a blessing. Our dear mother Read more…
On October 18, 2019, the family of Rivka Krol, a little girl from Selvino, came from Israel to visit Selvino. The name of Rivka Krol, born in Lublin (Poland) in 1929, is found among the cards of the assisted from the Unrra (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) conserved to Read more…
On 26 September 2019, visit to Selvino of Moshe Zeiri’s son, who in 1945-48 was the director at Sciesopoli, the former fascist colony became the “Casa dei Bambini di Selvino” Holocaust survivors. With his family and grandchildren, Avner Zeiri came to Selvino from Israel to see the places and the Read more…
With great sorrow we learned of the death on September 22, 2019 of Milton Hostick, a Child of Selvino, who participated in the international meeting in September 2015 in Selvino. Unfortunately the witnesses who survived the Shoah are leaving, and in Selvino they found a family, a smile and hope Read more…
Happy birthday to Liliana Segre, born in Milan on 10 September 1930, a survivor of the Holocaust and a tireless witness to the tragedy of the Holocaust and the horror of Nazi-fascism. At 13 she was deported to Auschwitz, she was the only one in her family to survive concentration Read more…
Report of some meetings for the “Memorial Day 2019”. These are key moments to remember the tragedy of the Holocaust and to make known the stories of salvation of the Children of Selvino who survived the extermination and the reconstruction of their lives. They were also an opportunity to illustrate Read more…
With deep sadness we share the news of the sudden death of Daniel Gorini at Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday 28 of June 2019, due to complications related to cancer. Radhika his wife was at his side as she did during his ten-year journey with cancer. Daniel was the son Read more…
The story of the Children’s House of Selvino told by Fabio Toncelli. The episode of 28-06-2019 of “La Grande Storia” on Italian TV Rai3 entitled “Nazism, horror and hope”, with the collaboration of Paolo Mieli, dedicated a documentary of about ten minutes, directed by Fabio Toncelli, to the emblematic story Read more…
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…
With great sorrow I inform you of the passing of Yehuda Shmuelli on Friday May 31st. We hereby send our condolences to the family. The funeral will take place on Sunday, June 2 at Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra. Yehuda Shmuelli was born in April 1929 in the village of Lipscha, in Read more…
Visit to Selvino by Haim Pelts, with some friends, on November 8, 2018. In memory of Father Yitzhak Pelts (or Pelz, born in 1933), a Child from Selvino, welcomed, cared for and formed for new life in Israel, together with his brothers: Dov (born in 1931), Zvika (born in 1935, Read more…
The primary and secondary schools of Bosisio Parini (Lecco) prepared for many months the Day of the Shoah 2019, with the help of their teachers and in particular of Prof. Sara Riva, who sent us this message: “With our children, in three months of preparation for the appointments of the 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…
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…
On January 10th 2018 Olek Sarel, known in Selvino as Alexander Czoban, passed away after a long illness. Olek Sarel was born in 1929 in Lvov (Poland), son of Abraham Alfred Czoban and Henryka Czoban, brother of Aviva. During the war Olek was wandering through villages and forests escaping the 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…
Arie Reich – a Professor from Bar Ilan University in Israel who is an expert in international trade law and European Union law – is the son of Yoel (Julek) Reich, a “Child of Selvino”. On 7 June 2017 he visited Selvino and the former alpine colony of Sciesopoli together with his Read more…
The song “On the road there is a tree” is Yiddish language and is titled: “Oyfn veg shteyt to Boym”. He tells of a mother who does not fly his baby on the tree of life to have it loaded with too many clothes. It was the favorite song of Read more…
In tribute and remembrance of Noga Donath Cohen, the friend and director Enrico Grisanti has prepared a nice video that gives us a lively and strong Noga, with a huge affection for “his Children of Selvino”, they always reciprocated. Noga is at Kibbutz Zeelim in Israel for the international meeting Read more…
Dear friends, With much sorrow I am relating to you this message, about the passing of Noga Donath. She was 95 years old and lived a full life, with extra ordinary experiences! She was a noble woman, loved her “Selvino children” as if they were hers! We all miss her Read more…
The entire Selvino family here in Israel, is very sorry to let you know about the Passing of Ayala Lieberman-Aviel, wife of Avraham Aviel, mother of Zipi, Dudi and Sarit, grandmother of their children. The funeral will take place tomorrow in Tel Aviv. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Read more…
On November 2, 2016, the last day of his trip to Israel, President Sergio Mattarella visited the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv and the exhibition on emigration of Jews from Italy to Palestine, “In response to an Italian captain , Aliya Bet in Italy, 1945-1948” curated by Rachel Bonfil 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…
Il 17 settembre 2016, Sidney Zoltak, uno dei “bambini di Selvino”, è tornato dal Canada, dove vive, in visita a Selvino per un incontro con l’Amministrazione Comunale, con il vice sindaco Paolo Carrara, i rappresentati del FAI della provincia di Bergamo, Walter Mazzoleni figlio del custode della Sciesopoli che trascorse Read more…
The Venice Biennale awarded the Silver Lion at the film that is a warning to remember the Holocaust. We never tire of remembering this tragedy. The film tells story of everyday life during the most tragic events and the horror of World War II. A story in black and white Read more…
The italian RAI TV has dedicated some services to save Sciesopoli with “The Heart Places» with FAI (Italian Environment Fund). You can vote by clicking on this link: http://iluoghidelcuore.it We save Sciesopoli with “The places of the heart” of the FAI On italian TV Rai 1 in fine program “Travels Read more…
Save Sciesopoli with “The Heart Places» the FAI census which expires at the end of November 2016. You can vote at this link: http://iluoghidelcuore.it Rate this place! Share: FB | Twitter | G+ Report to a friend Add it to your map of Emotions Create a committee to support this 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…
This was the topic of the holocaust memorial gathering held in Avshalom Institute on May 4, 2016. The event started with the audience standing up for one minute for the memory of the holocaust victims. Batyah Dvir, Historian of the Moreshet Institute gave a lecture “The Jewish kid – The Read more…
[sz-youtube url=”https://youtu.be/hMD9TXJUDvg” /] . הסרט צולם בשנת 1946 בבית עליית הנוער “שיסופולי”, בסלבינו, איטליה. ילדי סלבינו היו קבוצה של ב 800 ילדים אשר התייתמו בשואה. Sciesopoli Selvino in 1946 Original video of the Archives of Jerusalem Spielberg life in the colony Sciesopoli for Jewish orphans and survivors of the Holocaust. Read more…
Initiatives for the Day of Remembrance and not to forget the Holocaust of January 27, 2016 with the screening of the documentary Enrico Grisanti and exposure of the exhibition “Jewish Sciesopoli, 1945-1948”. The Language High School project Albino (Bergamo) by the teacher Ester Saletta: http://www.isisromero.gov.it/news/ricordare-la-sciesopoli-di-selvino Sovere (Bergamo) From January 22 Read more…
[vsw id=”MMtKFM6jmjw” source=”youtube” width=”625″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Meeting of Selvino Children in September 2015 Original video of Israeli TV developed by Tami Sharon subtitled by Valeria Dani on the meeting of the Children of Selvino in September 2015 Selvino with a visit to the colony Sciesopoli and the festive welcome of 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…
“The story of a house: the children of Selvino”, a video shot largely at the kibbutz Tel Yitzhak, on 24 March 1992, on the occasion of a meeting of former “children of Selvino”, mounted with images of a visit to the colony Sciesopoli of Selvino that, from September 1945 to 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…
A special day to Ecouis in Normandy (France) with the exhibition “To Life!” 70 years after the liberation of the Nazi camps, the “children of Buchenwald” return to Ecouis, in Normandy, where they were welcomed in the summer from June to September 1945, to allow him to return to life, Read more…
The Memorial of the Shoah to “The Track 21” turns into home for refugees. No longer just the place of memory, but witness the welcome daily, in Milan “The Track 21 ‘in the Memorial, from which, in the Second World War have left the convoys of Jewish deportation, will open Read more…
Awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes, had made up their noses at many, sad to see the death camps, the horrors that racism and racial laws Nazi-fasciste. Therefore we provide a nice review of Alessia Starace on film that makes us think, published May 16, 2015, even before his consecration Read more…
After the Liberation, in Sciesopoli Selvino hospitality and welcome for many Jewish children survived the Holocaust Written by Claudia Piccinelli. Posted in Women Shoah – Resistance – War Another nice memory page and solidarity. A short distance from Bergamo, on a plateau watershed between the Val Seriana and Val Brembana, Read more…
Poem in Hebrew by Nomi Avi Issac (Tur Kaspa) a child of Sciesopoli, written on the occasion of a meeting of former child of Selvino 80s. English translation of Miriam Bisk. Thank Orit Even Shushan – Reshef that included this poem in the research paper, 01/01/1987 [Show slideshow] And the Read more…
Iniziative per la giornata in memoria della Shoah del 27 gennaio 2015 Mostra su Sciesopoli a Malegno (Brescia) con presentazione alle scuole e alla cittadinanza dal 24 al 31 gennaio 2015, apertura ore 16 del 24 gennaio presso la Biblioteca Comunale Il 24 gennaio 2015 dalle ore 9 alle ore Read more…
Impression of a visit to Selvino – Yonah Kesse (Kossoi) 19/1/1947 Yonah Kesse (1907-1985) was an ideologue and a famous member of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) This report was printed in “Alim”, March 1947 (group Kvutzat Schiller). Selvino is located about 21/2 hour drive from Milano. Arriving in the dark, Read more…
REMEMBER FOREVER! Shlomo Schwartz, un bambino che era alla colonia Sciesopoli di Selvino ha dedicato a Israel Shapira, un altro ragazzo ebreo di Selvino, un disegno dal titolo significativo: “Nach Treblink [Dopo Treblinka]“, in cui descrive la deportazione a Treblinka e sullo sfondo lo sferragliare dei treni verso il destino Read more…
Link a un breve profilo di Gary Bertini sul sito della Rai Link a un’intervista di Gary Bertini Qualche anno fa Francesco Spagnolo, curatore della Magnes Foundation, Berkley, aveva pubblicato sul “Diario” della settimana questa sua nota: “Ho incontrato la vicenda di Selvino circa dieci anni fa, intervistando Gary Bertini Read more…
Quando scoppiò la seconda guerra mondiale, Ya’akov Hollander era un bambino di quasi dieci anni che viveva a Cracovia, in Polonia. Deportato da casa sua e poi rinchiuso nel ghetto di Cracovia, è passato attraverso dodici diversi campi di concentramento durante la Shoah. Yaakov era uno scheletro in piedi quando Read more…
Una petizione per salvare dall’oblio la memoria di Sciesopoli: Per firmare la petizione: Perché è importante Gentili Signori, il Comitato Promotore e i Firmatari di questa Petizione Vi chiedono di intervenire per salvare la Memoria di “Sciesopoli” ebraica (1945-1948) e prevenirne la distruzione. L’importante e architettonicamente significativo complesso di “Sciesopoli” Read more…