Exemplary 20th Century figures

Auschwitz and Kolyma never again

International conference, Bologna, 17/18 April 2008, Auditorium Regione Emilia Romagna.
Organized by the "Storia e Memoria" school network, in cooperation with the Committee for the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide


Israel dedicates a square

to Dimitar Peshev

Jaffa, Israel, 30 March 2008.
Ceremony in the presence of the mayor of Tel Aviv Ron Huldai and of the president of Bulgaria Georgi Parabanov to commemorate the man who rescued Bulgarian Jews (the main character in Gabriele Nissim’s book L'uomo che fermò Hitler - Mondadori).
During his official visit to Israel, for the first time Parabanov admitted the moral responsibility of his country, led by king Boris III, in the deportation of 11 thousand Jews from Thrace and Macedonia. He also acknowledged the role of Peshev, then vice president of the Bulgarian parliament, in rescuing Jews within his country, in comparison with the king, until now considered a victim of the events


A tree

for Anna Politkovskaja

Sign the appeal, addressed to Letizia Moratti, mayor of Milan, and to Manfredi Palmeri, president of the City Council, to dedicate a tree in the "Garden of the Righteous Worldwide" in Milan, to the courageous Russian journalist assassinated in Moscow on 7 October 2006.

Join unalberoperanna@gmail.com

On the AnnaViva website all the initiatives to commemorate Anna


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