
On Monday 27 January, the Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated, established by the law of 20 July 2000 by the Italian Parliament that has adhered to the international proposal to declare 27 January as a day to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust during the Second World War. To celebrate the anniversary, the Municipality of Pisa, with the collaboration of the Prefecture of Pisa, Province of Pisa and Jewish Community of Pisa, has organized a significant program of initiatives.
PROGRAM BEING UPDATED
Monday 27 January
9:00 am - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (opposite side of the Palazzo della Provincia), crown deposition to the monument "Never more reticolati" dedicated to the interned soldiers.
9:45 am - green area Raffaello Menasci, inauguration ceremony of the commemorative stele of the artist Andrea D'Aurizio, with musical pieces by the choir of the Istituto Comprensivo "Leonardo Fibonacci". Michele Conti - Mayor of Pisa, Maria Luisa D'Alessandro - Prefect of Pisa, Massimiliano Angori - President of the Province of Pisa, Andrea Gottfried - President of the Jewish Community of Pisa, Bruno Possenti - Provincial Committee Pisa ANPI, Andrea Simonetti - provincial school director.
11:00 am - educational centre San Rossore 1938, formal sitting of the Tuscan Regional Council.
3:00 pm - Atrium of Palazzo Gambacorti, opening ceremony of the video installation "Lives suspended", open from 27 January to 1 February with hours 7:30 am - 7:30 pm. Michele Conti - mayor of Pisa, Maria Luisa D'Alessandro - prefect of Pisa, Massimiliano Angori - president of the province of Pisa, Andrea Gottfried - president of the Jewish community of Pisa, Bruno Possenti - provincial committee Pisa ANPI, Michele Emdin - author of the book "Lives suspended".
https://www.turismo.pisa.it/en/eventi/Memory-of-Suspended-Lives-exhibition-at-Palazzo-Gambacorti
4:00 pm - Prefecture of Pisa, ceremony of presentation of the medals of honor to some former internates.
6:00 pm - Aula magna of the Sant'Anna High School, screening of the film "Memory. The survivors tell" by Ruggero Gabbai.
Thursday 30 January
9:00 pm - cinema Teatro Nuovo, curated by the University of Pisa, screening of the film "La giostra del cielo" by Annick Emdin.
SCHOOLS' INITIATIVES
Many meetings and events organized with the involvement of primary and secondary schools in the city.
On Wednesday, 8 January, at 9:00 am, the students of secondary schools of 1st grade met with Massimo Fornaciari, Vice President of the ANED Pisa Section, "Italian National Association of Deportees".
Tuesday, January 21 at the Comprehensive Institute "Strenta Tongiorgi" takes place from 9:00 am the meeting of students of the third grade of secondary school with Laura Geloni, President of the Pisa section of ANED, National Association of Deportees.
Wednesday, January 22, at 9:00 am, the meeting of the pupils of the fifth classes of primary schools "C. Collodi" and "F. Filzi" with Laura Geloni.
Thursday, January 25 in the auditorium of the Liceo Scientifico "Filippo Buonarroti", at 9:00 am, meeting students with Marco De Paolis, Military Prosecutor at the Military Court of Appeal and author of the book "Hunts to the Nazis".
On Monday, January 27, the Comprehensive Institute "Giuseppe Toniolo" will see students from second and third grade classes of the Secondary School participate at 9:00 am to the show "The simple heroes" by and with Piero Nissim, at the cinema Teatro Nuovo. At 9:30 am, at the premises of the school "Toniolo", screening of the film "A bag of marbles" reserved for the first classes of secondary school of I grade; at 10:00 am "Words and poems not to forget" by the care of classes 1aF and 3aF.
Still on 27 January, at the green area Raffaele Menasci, with the Comprehensive Institute "Leonardo Fibonacci", at 9:45 am musical animation of the inauguration ceremony of the commemorative stele of the artist Andrea D'Aurizio. At the Aula magna of the "Vincenzo Galilei" Comprehensive Institute, at 12:00 pm presentation of the project "Rinascere d'arte". During the morning of the Day of Memory, at the Comprehensive Institute "Gianpaolo Gamerra" projections of films and documentaries in individual classes. Also in the schools of the Coast of Pisa and San Piero (part of IC Niccolò Pisano) during the day on Monday 27 January dedicated readings and reflections with students, watching films and listening to direct and indirect testimonies (with A.N.E.D.)
In the week from 27 to 31 January "Voices of peace - musical canons of the Jewish tradition" with the participation of all classes of the Secondary School of I degree of Barbaricina, branch of the Comprehensive Institute "Toniolo". Friday, January 31, 8:00 am, meeting of the pupils of secondary schools of I degree of the Comprehensive Institute "Renato Fucini" with Laura Geloni, President of the Pisa section of the ANED, National Association of Deportees.