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3 unusual facts about Aldo Zargani


Aldo Zargani

It has won three Italian awards (Ischia International Journalism Award, Premio Acqui Storia, Premio Sant'Anna di Stazzema) and was shortlisted for four prestigious literary prizes (Premio Viareggio, Premio Pisa, Premio Lucca and Pen Club Award).

Jews were prohibited from studying or teaching in state and private schools, forbidden to marry non-Jews, expelled from the Fascist Party and excluded from the public administration, from telephone directories and from obituary columns.

After Northern and Central Italy were occupied by German troops following the armistice between Italy and the Allies on September 8, 1943, the SS and the Gestapo began to round up Jews in every community.



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