On the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, the City of Venice presents and coordinates a calendar of more than sixty commemorative events. Among these, the Council of Europe Office in Venice organizes three initiatives aimed at keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust and commemorating the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz.

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 16/01/2024 Book presentation “Like a frog in winter”

This book covers the important topic Women and Shoah. It contains three important interviews of Holocaust survivors: Liliana Segre, Bauer Goti, Giuliana Tedeschi Brunelli.

The preview presentation of the book will take place at the Venice Office premises. Will attend to the event the Author, the city of Venice, Figli della Shoah Association and the Jewish Community in Venice.

 01/17/2024 Film screening “The song of Names”

Every year the Venice Office give a free public screening. The film choosen in 2024 is “The song of Names”, a drama about remembrance set in an environment of classical music which thoughtfully showcases Jewish culture, including rituals, traditions, and history.

 29/01/2024 Educational Toolkit for teachers of the first three years of the secondary cycle (11-14 years)

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Venetian Jews, the Office prepared with Figli della Shoah Association, Teste Fiorite and CoopCulture a special multimedia educational kit for middle school children distributed by the Regional Education Office in Veneto.