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Conferences: Holocaust and ItalyOverview of the Holocaust Proaram With a grant of $167,160 from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $20,000 from the Italian Embassy to continue, throughout the United States for two years, the conference series on the rescue of Jews during World War II in Italy and Italian-occupied territories. The grant was one of 37 awarded in competition with the proposals of 327 colleges and other organizations throughout the U.S. The conference series is entitled "The Holocaust in Southern Europe - Italians and Jews: from Persecution to Rescue and Aid." Most of the conferences of the series have already been held, in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum), Miami Beach, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles and San Francisco; before the close of 1996, the last two conferences of the series will take place in Detroit and Memphis. Among the many outstanding scholars and other distinguished figures who have participated in the Holocaust conferences are Ruth Feldman (translator of Italian author Primo Levi), Meir Michaelis and the late Menachem Shelah both of Israel, Prof. Susan Zuccotti, Prof. Paul Bookbinder, Prof. Charles Delzell, the late Prof. Claudio Segre, Prof. Philip Cannistraro, Prof. H. Stuart Hughes, Alexander Stille, Andrew Canepa, Ginetta Sagan, Robert Loggia, and many more. Holocaust survivors located throughout the U.S. were given the opportunity to tell their stories, which will also be documented in the NIAF Holocaust conference resource guide to appear in 1997. Boston, Massachusetts Funded by:
The first Holocaust in Southern Europe conference was held in 1986 at Boston University hosted by BU President John Silber. World experts from Italy, France, Germany and Canada addressed Italian rescue of Jews in Croatia, Vichy France, Italy, Greece and Albania. Amongst the topics were the life of Mussolini and his relationship with Hitler; life in an Italian internment camp; and the rescue of Jews in Italy and Italian occupied territories. The speakers included Dr. Susan Zuccotti, Prof. Meir Michaelis, Dr. Menachem Shelah, Dr. Carlo Spartaco. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||