22.02.2011                     18.Adar l, 5771

Italien:

Italy’s first Holocaust museum to be built in Rome

Country was partner, not victim, of Nazis, but hasn’t done soul-searching like Germany, says director.

Mayor Gianni Alemanno and the municipal authorities of Rome will be announcing on Tuesday the construction of a Holocaust museum as a focal point in the city’s 10-year “Stati Generali” plan for major projects in the city.
The Italian government and RAI-TV are currently sponsoring a television spot, which will be shown repeatedly until June, calling for Italians to submit any relevant wartime family records or material for exhibition….