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Conferences: Holocaust and Italy

Boston, Massachusetts "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
Cleveland, Ohio "Italian, & Jews, Rescue and Aid"
Milford, New Jersey Raoul Wallenberg Award Conference
Chicago, Illinois "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
Rochester, New York Italy and the Holocaust
Washington, D.C. Presentation "The Righteous Enemy"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
New York City, New York "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
Alexandria, Virginia "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
Morristown New Jersey "Rescuers in Italy Day"
Miami, Florida "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
New Orleans, Louisiana "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
W. Bloomfield, Michigan "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
San Francisco, California "The Holocaust in Southern Europe"
Kensington, Maryland "Italy and the Holocaust from a Personal Perspective"
Washington, D.C. The Holocaust in Southern Europe
Rockville, Maryland Children of Survivors
Beverly Hills, California "Rescue and Aid During the Holocaust"
Stony Brook University, New York Symposium "The Italian Jewish Experience"
Washington, D.C. Presentation of film "A Debt to Honor"
Fairfax, Virginia Screening of a "Debt to Honor"
New York City, New York The Holocaust in Southern Europe
Washington, D.C. NIAF Gala Weekend "Italy and the Holocaust"
Chicago, Illinois

"A Tribute to Robert Benigni"
"Italians and Jews Rescue & Aid During the Holocaust"

Washington, D.C. "Remember the Holocaust"
Williamsburg, Virginia Italy and the Holocaust
Boston, Massachusetts Rescue and Resistance World War II and the Present
Potomac, Maryland "The Italian Liberation Day"
  "The Italian Refuge"

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Milford, New Jersey
Raoul Wallenberg Award Conference

Funded by:

  • Milford Jewish Center
  • The National Italian American Foundation

The National Italian American Foundation received an award for Dr. Lombardo's work on the Holocaust in Southern Europe program held in 29 United States cities.The congregation of the Milford Jewish Center attended a presentation on "Italy's Role During WWII and the Holocaust" by Dr. Maria Lombardo. Lombardo recounted the stories of the many rescuers who helped Jews in Italy escape to Switzerland and stories of the Italian Army, diplomats, nuns, priests and ordinary citizens who helped Jews. NIAF was conferred the Raoul Wallenberg Award for Lombardo's work on the Holocaust.



Cleveland, Ohio
"Italian, & Jews, Rescue and Aid"

Funded by:

  • The National Endowment for the Humanities ( U.S. Government)
  • Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
  • Commission on Catholic Community Action
  • B'nai Brith
  • Consulate General of Italy
  • The National Italian American Foundation

Sara J. Bloomfield, Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Dr. Maria Lombardo, as the Education Director of NIAF were the keynote speakers of rescue for this conference addressing an audience of 750 people. Sy Rotter presented the film "A Debt to Honor" narrated by Alan Alda. Testimonials from the audience provided credence to the fact that the Italians helped Jews in Greece as well as Italy. A reception exhibiting the very best from the Italian and Jewish cuisine closed the evening after university classes viewed the photo exhibit of Rome's Jewish Ghetto prepared by Italy/Italy Magazine.

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