Shalom Italia

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PBS Premiere: July 24, 2017Check the broadcast schedule »

Links & Books

FILM-RELATED WEB SITES

Shalom Italia
http://tamartal.com/shalom-italia
The film's official website offers information about the film in both Hebrew and English.

Original Online Content on POV
To further enhance the broadcast, POV has produced an interactive website to enable viewers to explore the film in
greater depth. The Shalom Italia website -- www.pbs.org/pov/shalomitalia -- offers a streaming video trailer for the film; an interview with the filmmaker; a list of related websites, articles and books; a downloadable discussion guide; and special features.

Italian Jews

Centro Primo Levi:
http://primolevicenter.org/
The Centro Primo Levi cultivates education and debate on Primo Levi's work and the Italian Jewish past, as well as current perspectives and conversations on the Italian Jewish community.

European Jewish Congress: "The Jewish Community Of Italy"
www.eurojewcong.org/communities/italy.html
This page offers an overview of the history of Jews in Italy.

The Holocaust History and Remembrance

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org/ - his museum's website houses a broad collection of information for student and general public audiences. Of special interest is this page on the Holocaust in Italy: https://www.ushmm.org/learn/mapping-initiatives/geographies-of-the-holocaust/the-holocaust-in-italy

USC Shoah Foundation: The Institute For Visual History And Education
http://sfi.usc.edu/
The website for the world's largest collection of videotaped oral histories from survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides also includes resources for teachers and research.

Yad Vashem: "The Righteous Among the Nations"
www.yadvashem.org/righteous
Yad Vashem is Israel's Holocaust memorial and research center. This page on its website is related to gentiles who saved Jews.

Oral History and Testimony

Many organizations in the United States and abroad are dedicated to recording and preserving the stories of survivors of the Holocaust. Below are just a few examples.

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at The University of Michigan-Dearborn
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/about/oral-history

New York Public Library American Jewish Committee Oral History Collection
https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-recommendations/guides/jewishoralhistories