Kensington, Maryland
"Italy and the Holocaust from a Personal Perspective"

Funded by:

  • Academy of the Holy Cross
  • The National Italian American Foundation

Keynote speaker was Dr. Maria Lombardo, NIAF Education Director addressed the topic "Italy and the Holocaust," from the perspective of the daughter of a Nazi slave labor camp survivor to high school students. High school students had the opportunity to dialog on the moral lessons learned from rescuers and how these lessons can impact their contemporary lives. As a follow-up students wrote essays on the Holocaust.