23.01.2011                     18.Shevat, 5771

Italien:

Tullia Zevi, pillar of Italian Jewish community, dies

Political and social activist Zevi returned to Italy after WWII to "participate in the rebirth of democracy in Italy following the defeat of fascism."

Tullia Zevi, a pillar of Italy's Jewish community and an ardent anti-fascist who spent the war years in exile in Switzerland, France and the US, died Saturday. She was 91.
Zevi, the only female president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, died in Rome, current union president Renzo Gattegna said….