"Italian Jews"

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3 October 2025

Vera Vigevani de Jarach arrives 86 years ago from Milan, Italy, by boat, fleeing the racial laws of fascist Italy. Her grandfather dies in Auschwitz. There is no grave to mourn him. Another genocide strikes three decades later. Vera's only daughter, Franca Jarach, is disappeared by the dictatorship. Nor is there a grave to leave her a flower. ''I have two stories that prove that what happened once can happen again,'' she warns. A Mother of the Plaza de Mayo of the Founding Line and a member of the Argentine Historical and Social Memory Foundation, Vera dies at the age of 97. Vera is born on March 5, 1928, in northern Italy. She and her family decide to come to Argentina to escape fascism. They travel on the Augustus ship, traveling second class because they don't have money for more. On the journey, the children--despite the horrors stalking them--play. What amuses them most is hide-and-seek. ''I am still a little girl, but when I arrive my childhood is over,'' she says.

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#12826012

3 October 2025

Vera Vigevani de Jarach arrives 86 years ago from Milan, Italy, by boat, fleeing the racial laws of fascist Italy. Her grandfather dies in Auschwitz. There is no grave to mourn him. Another genocide strikes three decades later. Vera's only daughter, Franca Jarach, is disappeared by the dictatorship. Nor is there a grave to leave her a flower. ''I have two stories that prove that what happened once can happen again,'' she warns. A Mother of the Plaza de Mayo of the Founding Line and a member of the Argentine Historical and Social Memory Foundation, Vera dies at the age of 97. Vera is born on March 5, 1928, in northern Italy. She and her family decide to come to Argentina to escape fascism. They travel on the Augustus ship, traveling second class because they don't have money for more. On the journey, the children--despite the horrors stalking them--play. What amuses them most is hide-and-seek. ''I am still a little girl, but when I arrive my childhood is over,'' she says.

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#12826013

3 October 2025

Vera Vigevani de Jarach arrives 86 years ago from Milan, Italy, by boat, fleeing the racial laws of fascist Italy. Her grandfather dies in Auschwitz. There is no grave to mourn him. Another genocide strikes three decades later. Vera's only daughter, Franca Jarach, is disappeared by the dictatorship. Nor is there a grave to leave her a flower. ''I have two stories that prove that what happened once can happen again,'' she warns. A Mother of the Plaza de Mayo of the Founding Line and a member of the Argentine Historical and Social Memory Foundation, Vera dies at the age of 97. Vera is born on March 5, 1928, in northern Italy. She and her family decide to come to Argentina to escape fascism. They travel on the Augustus ship, traveling second class because they don't have money for more. On the journey, the children--despite the horrors stalking them--play. What amuses them most is hide-and-seek. ''I am still a little girl, but when I arrive my childhood is over,'' she says.

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#11090988

22 March 2024

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is attending the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in Rome, Italy, on March 22, 2024.

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#11090989

22 March 2024

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is attending the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in Rome, Italy, on March 22, 2024.

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#11090990

22 March 2024

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is attending the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in Rome, Italy, on March 22, 2024.

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22 March 2024

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is attending the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in Rome, Italy, on March 22, 2024.

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#10895710

7 January 2024

Figures of the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, are being displayed inside a church in the Pueblo de los Reyes Culhuacan in the Iztapalapa mayor's office in Mexico City, before embarking on a tour of several streets as part of the festivities for Three Kings' Day in Mexico. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar first appeared in the 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in Ravenna, Italy.

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#10895711

7 January 2024

Figures of the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, are being displayed inside a church in the Pueblo de los Reyes Culhuacan in the Iztapalapa mayor's office in Mexico City, before embarking on a tour of several streets as part of the festivities for Three Kings' Day in Mexico. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar first appeared in the 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in Ravenna, Italy.

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#10895713

7 January 2024

A group of people are riding on horseback, accompanying figures of the Three Wise Men--Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar--in the Pueblo de los Reyes Culhuacan in the Iztapalapa mayor's office in Mexico City. They are touring several streets as part of the festivities for the Day of Kings in Mexico. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar first appeared in a 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in Ravenna, Italy.

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#10895715

7 January 2024

Figures of the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, are standing outside a church in the Pueblo de los Reyes Culhuacan in the Iztapalapa mayor's office in Mexico City, touring several streets as part of the festivities for Three Kings Day in Mexico. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar first appeared in the 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in Ravenna, Italy.

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#10895719

7 January 2024

A group of people are riding on horseback, accompanying figures of the Three Wise Men--Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar--in the Pueblo de los Reyes Culhuacan in the Iztapalapa mayor's office in Mexico City. They are touring several streets as part of the festivities for the Day of Kings in Mexico. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar first appeared in a 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in Ravenna, Italy.

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#10891385

5 January 2024

Dozens of families, accompanied by their daughters and sons, are visiting the facilities of the Postal Palace in the Zocalo of Mexico City to write and deliver letters to the Three Wise Men: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar. They believe that they will receive a response from the Star of Bethlehem, which will be delivered to their homes by the Mexican Postal Service. According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar first appeared in the famous 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in the Italian city of Ravenna.

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#10891386

5 January 2024

Dozens of girls and boys are taking photos in the facilities of the Postal Palace in the Zocalo of Mexico City, delivering letters to the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar, who ''will receive a response from the Star of Bethlehem, which will be delivered to the door of their homes by the Mexican Postal Service.'' According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' who came from the East were guided by a star to worship the king of the Jews who had just been born. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar first appeared in the famous 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in the Italian city of Ravenna.

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#10891387

5 January 2024

Dozens of girls and boys are taking photos in the facilities of the Postal Palace in the Zocalo of Mexico City, delivering letters to the Three Wise Men, Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar, who ''will have a response from the Star of Bethlehem, which will be delivered to the door of their homes by the Mexican Postal Service.'' According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' who came from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar first appeared in the famous 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in the Italian city of Ravenna.

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#10891390

5 January 2024

The Three Wise Men, Melchor, Gaspar, and Baltasar, are taking photos with girls and boys at the facilities of the Postal Palace in the Zocalo of Mexico City. They are delivering letters that ''will receive a response from the Star of Bethlehem, which will be delivered to the doors of their homes by the Mexican Postal Service.'' According to belief, the Gospel of Saint Matthew mentions that some ''wise men'' who came from the East were guided by a star to worship the newborn king of the Jews. The names Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar first appeared in the famous 6th-century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinaris the New in the Italian city of Ravenna.

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