On October 13, 2021, a meeting of the children of Selvino and future generations was held in Yad Vashem. The program included a guided tour of the “Flashes of Memory“ exhibition, a memorial service at the synagogue, excerpts, singing and a lecture by Naama Galil, a project coordinator in the Read more…
“The indifference is more guilty than violence itself. It is the moral apathy of those who turn away. It happens even today towards all the horrors of the world. And memory is the only vaccine against indifference” (Liliana Segre). On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers arrived in Auschwitz in southern 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…
“A refuge near the sky” by Aurora Cantini, tells the true story of five Jewish families and their children, all hidden from 1943 to 1945 in some houses in the small village of Ama, on the Selvino and Aviatico Plateau between the mountains of Bergamo Orobie. The friendship between the Read more…
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…
Sunday 27 October 2019 the Municipality of Selvino inaugurates the “Jewish Sciesopoli Memorial Museum – Children’s home of Selvino“ Opening program 10.00 am Meeting in the Conference Hall of the Municipality of Selvino 10.15 am Greeting from the authorities 11.45 am Opening ceremony of the Sciesopoli Jewish Memorial Museum – Read more…
By courtesy of the author and the publisher, we are posting an essay by Valeria Dani dedicated to the recovery of Sciesopoli’s memory: The Fascist Colony of Sciesopoli: Transformation and Abandonment: >> READ EBOOK OF THE COMPLETE TEST BY VALERIA DANI >> The essay is part of the book: “DP 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…
To read the e-book of Aharon Megged’s book in Italian on Selvino’s Children, we ask you to send us an email to: info@sciesopoli.com http://youtu.be/EAvwvaS0Hys Interview with Aharon Megged (born August 10, 1920 in Poland and died March 23, 2016 in Tel Aviv) who wrote the story of the Jewish children of Read more…
(The survivors of Binario 21, Milan) That pain in the background is still within us, rooted like a felled tree, shattered like a wreck adrift, immense as the sea of silence. It is a pain of splinters stuck in the heart, chains penetrated into the flesh, screaming and devastating flames. Read more…
ANNIVERSARIO OF “SCIESOPOLI” (1945 – 2015) Days have passed, and years too, much snow has fallen on the paths of the immense park, and a thousand autumn leaves have caressed the loneliness of those old walls. Rain like tears has beaten against the blank windows that still tremble at the Read more…
In the column “Wikiradio” of September 20, 2018 of Radio Rai 3, the story of Bruno Maida “I bambini della colonia di Sciesopoli” (“The Children of the Colony of Sciesopoli”) was told. On September 21, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel H.G. Hershenson, Commissioner for the City of Milan of the Allied Military Read more…
Sciesopoli: it seems like the name of a fantastic and imaginary city. Instead, it is the name of a great alpine colony, founded by the leaders of Milanese fascism and inaugurated on 11 June 1933 in Selvino. The name derives from “Tendopoli”, with which the fascist squadrists called their campsites 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…
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…
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 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…
Shmuel Milchman (1929-2016), one of the “Children of Selvino”, past to the death camps of Auschwitz–Birkenau, Mauthausen and Ebensee, then became typographer, passed away October 9, 2015. With her daughter Cheli Garty, he wrote a book in Hebrew on his life, long 86 years, Poland up in Israel. It is 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…
Thank to Selene Cakilli, teacher of primary school “State Comprehensive School of Cassina de’ Pecchi”, who realized an educational research on Sciesopoli for its young students and a nice padlet: http://padlet.com/selenecakilli/SciesopoliSelvino [padlet key=’2s5b3prk8qkb’ width=’100%’ height=’480′]
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…
At the Ateneo of Bergamo from 25 June to 3 July 2016 (in the historic headquarters of the Ateneo in Upper City – Square Cathedral (Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00 and Tuesday to Friday 15:00 to 19:00 hours with free admission), it will be published the draft Lara 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…
Reuven Donath was a soldier of the Jewish Brigade and Eugenia Cohen was a young from Milan, who later took the Hebrew name of Noga. Both were instructors in Piazzatorre and then in Selvino, where they married and then together they went to Israel. From the book “Im Tirtzu Zo 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…
[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…
[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…
ANNIVERSARIO OF “SCIESOPOLI” (1945 – 2015) Days have passed, and years too, much snow has fallen on the paths of the immense park, and a thousand autumn leaves have caresses the loneliness of those old walls. Rain like tears has beaten against the blank windows that still tremble at the Read more…
The wishes for Hanukkah of 1945 written by Rachel Varadi (i.e. Matilde Cassin, born in Florence on August 8, 1921 and died in 2006 in Israel). Greetings are addressed to Moshe Zeiri and the Children of Selvino. The letter is dated Florence, 26 Nov. 1945. Among the most important educators, 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…
Agli inizi di luglio del 1945 la colonia dell’Opera Pia Bergamasca di Piazzatorre ospitò i primi ragazzi ebrei sopravvissuti alla Shoah e alla guerra, che erano stati raccolti dalla Brigata Ebraica nei diversi campi profughi. Da metà giugno a metà agosto del 1945, da Bolzano e da Tarvisio giunsero in Read more…
Letter of Bernat Rosner to Miriam Bisk and former pupils and friends of Selvino: Dear Miriam, Thank you (and those others concerned) for putting my story on the Sciesopoli website. I am very grateful for being able to participate in the reunion at least in this vicarious way. My brief Read more…
List of some former child Selvino and their business and profession in 1984 approximately.Based on the book by Aharon Megged dedicated to Sciesopoli.Adam Wechsler, who miraculously survived the experiments of Mengele at Auschwitz, has become a builder. Alex Czoban-Sarel, who wandered for years between villages and forests, has become an Read more…
The splendid painting commissioned by the Municipality of Selvino at the painter Mino Marra on the occasion of the twinning between Selvino and the kibbutz Tzeelim, 19 February 1996.
Selvino boys and girls sitting in a half circle peeling potatoes in the DP camp in Cyprus. A poem about the horror of sailing to Palestine during a nightly storm.
Dear Pope Francis, I am writing to you from Ithaca NY (USA) on The Italian National Day. It is with much pleasure I do so, and great admiration for your understanding of the human spirit and what might unite us all, at most instances. I am the daughter of sole Read more…
Sidney Zoltak, in memory of Selvino (chapter nine) My Silent Pledge: A Journey of Struggle, Survival and Remembrance (Paperback – 2013) 2 Febbraio 2015 At the end of September 1945, my friend Yitzhak ran to tell me some great news. He had heard from some Jewish Agency personnel that a 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…
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…
Sciesopoli trailer La colonia “Sciesopoli” per i bambini ebrei rimasti orfani e sopravvissuti alla Shoah. Ottocento bambini ebrei vi giunsero da ogni parte d’Europa. Una petizione per salvarla. . Sciesopoli english trailer from xtvproductions on Vimeo. .
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…
Giornata della Memoria 2014 – La Shoah dei bambini (conversazione con Bruno Maida) Nella ricorrenza del Giorno della Memoria, il 27 gennaio 2014, il prof. Bruno Maida (Università di Torino) è stato ospite della Scuola superiore dell’Università di Catania. Questo video è una sintesi della conversazione sul saggio “La Shoah Read more…
“Come una rana d’inverno – La Shoah delle donne” documentario di Daniela Padoan Rai3, “Doc 3 – Documentario d’Autore” regia di Maurizio Amici, montaggio di Stefano Dell’Orco, durata 50′ trasmesso il 26 gennaio 2007 Comunicato stampa Rai3 Il documentario, che prende le mosse e costituisce la continuazione ideale dell’omonimo libro Read more…
Elenco dei “benefattori” fascisti, in ordine cronologico, desunti dalle lapidi incastonate nell’atrio di accesso alla colonia Sciesopoli di Selvino che contribuirono con le loro offerte alla costruzione della Sciesopoli, su progetto dell’architetto Paolo Vietti Violi (architetto nato il 20 giugno 1882 a Grandson, in Svizzera sul lago di Neuchâtel, e Read more…
Bibliography on the racial laws and the Holocaust in Bergamo “Da S. Agata alla Shoà. Ebrei a Bergamo fra salvezza e deportazione“, http://www.sicurce.it/cd/doc1pag01.htm Carminati Antonio e Locatelli Costantino, “Combattenti e reduci. Diciannove racconti di vita e di guerra da Sant’Omobono Terme“, Centro Studi Valle Imagna, Grafica Monti, Bergamo, 2004 Cavati Read more…
Bibliography on Sciesopoli, the house of the Children of Selvino In rilievo il libro di Aharon Megged, “Il viaggio verso la Terra Promessa. La storia dei bambini di Selvino“, Milano, Mazzotta, 1997. Sergio Luzzatto, I bambini di Moshe. Gli orfani della Shoah e la nascita di Israele, Einaudi Storia, 2018, Read more…
3D animation created by Giuseppe Lenzi (specialist technician at Engineering & Environment – ISMES Division) The 3D reconstruction of Sciesopoli as it was in the fascist era, was made on the basis of photographs of the time and there are differences with the current state of the colony. To view 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…
Documenti dell’archivio storico comunale di Selvino Vedere il sito del Comune di Selvino Circa 800 bambini ebrei, rimasti orfani durante la Shoah, sono stati accolti nella grande ex colonia di Sciesopoli a Selvino, destinata un tempo ai giovani fascisti. Ai ragazzi ebrei fu data un’istruzione di cultura generale di base Read more…
Si mobilita il paese di Selvino, tra le montagne della bergamasca. In questa ex colonia dell’Opera Balilla di Milano e del Gruppo Rionale Fascista Sciesa di Milano, nel dopoguerra, trovarono rifugio, arrivando da mezza Europa, centinaia di bambini e ragazzi ebrei sopravvissuti all’Olocausto. Nel 1945, subito dopo la Liberazione, la Read more…
Transmission on Rai 3 radio “Men and prophets” of 26/01/2014: “The day of remembrance” conducted by Caramore in conversation with Marco Cavallarin about Sciespolis and the Children of Selvino
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[mp3t track=”https://www.sciesopoli.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Selvino-1989.mp3″ vol=”75″] Registrazione audio realizzata da Riccardo Schwamenthal in data 18 novembre 1989, durata 9 minuti e 6 secondi. Testimonianza di alcuni abitanti di Selvino: Teresa Bertocchi (custode dagli anni Sessanta per 22 anni della colonia), Battista Ghilardi e Andrea Cortinovis (il parruccchiere). Si accenna anche a Bettina Taramelli Read more…
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Selvino, la colonia di Sciesopoli: quel palazzo dove i bambini di ogni tempo e di ogni luogo ritrovarono la libertà e il gioco (scritto di Aurora Cantini)
