Naples 27 January, Remembrance Day
Auschwitz
On 27 January 1945, troops of the Red Army during the offensive in the direction of Berlin, arrived in the Polish town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz), discovered the infamous concentration camp and freeing the few survivors.
The discovery of Auschwitz and the testimonies of survivors revealed for the first time the world the horror of the Nazi genocide.
On 27 January 2009 will be celebrated for the ninth consecutive year, Memorial Day, not to forget the Shoah, with tales and stories of martyrdom that those who lived it.
This year in Naples, for the first time, the rites will be held in the Jewish Synagogue .
From 17.00 till evening, a succession of appointments, and after the greetings of the mayor of Naples, Rosa Russo Iervolino, the president of the Jewish community Pierluigi Campaign and the adviser of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Fabrizio Gallico, there will be touching testimonials Bice and Vittorio Foa Gallico survived the concentration camps.
Finally a moment of music with the display of Knorrband (www.knorrband.it) with folk music of Yiddish.
Of note is the screening of the film Aufbruch: Stolpersteine (Stones of memory)
Monday, January 26, 2009, 18:00
at the Goethe-Institut Neapel
Napoli, Riviera di Chiaia 202
A film by Dörte Franke Germany 2008 original version, below. Engl.
In the mid-90s sculptor Gunter Demnig installed in several German cities, the so-called "Stolpersteine." Literally "obstacles," "hindrance" or "stumbling stones that are" are blocks of brass on which are engraved the name, year of birth and a brief biographical note of the victims of Nazi persecution, Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, political opponents, Jehovah's Witnesses and the disabled.
More than 15,000 "memory stones" have so far been placed on sidewalks in front of the buildings that were the last domicile of the victims.
Tags: Aufbruch Stolpersteine, Auschwitz, Jewish, Nazi genocide, Memorial Day, Goethe-Institut Neapel, knorrband, Jewish synagogue
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