Showing posts with label storia. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

How did Italy become a Republic? A special history lesson with Giulia Borelli, from Italian Time Zone


Colazione con Giulia Borelli — How did Italy become a Republic?

Saturday 31 Agosto, 10am-12pm
Dante Rooms, Freemans Bay Community Centre
52 Hepburn St, Freemans Bay

If you are studying Italian and are in love with Italy, you understand how crucial history is to understanding Italian culture and society.

Italy became a unified country in 1861 - at least officially - and it became a Republic less than 100 years ago, in 1946! How did we get there? What happened on June 2nd and 3rd 1946? Why is it important for our modern society?

Giulia Borelli is an Italian teacher, podcaster, and globetrotter dedicated to making Italian history and culture accessible to curious Italian learners. You can listen to her podcast Italian Time Zone to explore Italy and plunge into the Italian language.

In her lesson, Giulia provides a historical overview from the unification of Italy to the birth of the Italian Republic, also discussing little-known facts about well-known cities!

On the same day, from 11am to 12pm, we will also have our Italian book exchange Scambiamoceli. Bring your Italian books and swap with other readers! 


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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Colazione at the Dante, and a book launch



Presentazione del libro di Alan Poletti Una Seconda Vita presso la sede della Dante di Auckland







On Saturday 31st March the Dante hosted the monthly coffee morning, and this month's speaker was our former president Prof. Alan Poletti. Alan officially launched his book, A Second Life - Aprica to salvation in Switzerland 1943, just published in English (an Italian edition is on the way) to gathering of Dante members and friends. The books tells the story of an adventurous 1943 event: over 200 Jews were guided across the mountains to Switzerland from internment in the Valtellina, thereby cheating the gas chambers of Auschwitz. 





Ripercorrendo il viaggio degli oltre 200 ebrei internati ad Aprica nel 1943








Domande all'autore

Alan's Italan grandfather came from Villa di Tirano, a small comune right on the Swiss border. He first heard mention of this mass flight in the year 2000. A dozen years later after research in several national archives, much reading, much climbing of possible paths, help from many local people and much help from Vera Neufeld,  the book is published. Vera at the age of nine, was one of those who found safety in Switzerland over those mountains.





Qualcuno ne approfitta per visitare la biblioteca dei piccoli












If you missed the event and would like to learn more about the book, or to make a purchase, please click here. Let Alan know if you are a Dante member for a discount.
















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Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©
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