Tag Archives: holocaust

Como to Chiasso – Trying to Escape the Holocaust

Posted on February 10, 2022 by comocompanion

Como witnessed the Holocaust – due to its border with Switzerland, Como became a place of both treachery and humanity – offering the opportunity for salvation or the road to extermination Continue reading →

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Escape to Switzerland via Monte Bisbino

Posted on January 25, 2021 by comocompanion

Escape to Switzerland via Monte Bisbino – the story of Anna Sacerdoti and her family and how they avoided deportation – to honour this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Continue reading →

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Como Remembers the Holocaust

Posted on January 23, 2020 by comocompanion

Como Remembers the Holocaust. For this Memorial Day I wish to recall the exploits of Giorgio Perlasca, born in Como on January 31st 1910, who has been attributed with saving the lives of over 5000 Jews living in Hungary. Continue reading →

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Testimonies and Remembrance: Como Recalls the Shoah

Posted on February 6, 2019 by comocompanion

Testimonies and Remembrance: Como Recalls the Shoah. Ines Figini and Alessandro Lukacs at Villa Olmo on Holocaust Memorial Day Continue reading →

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Como’s Ines Figini, Auschwitz Survivor – A Celebration for International Women’s Day

Posted on March 4, 2018 by comocompanion

Ines was a young girl working in Como’s largest silk factory when she took part in a strike that led to her deportation as a slave in Germany’s labour camps. This is a summary of her story for International Women’s Day. Continue reading →

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Como’s ‘Viaggi della Salvezza’ – In Memory of the Holocaust

Posted on February 16, 2017 by comocompanion

Last 27th January was Holocaust Memorial Day in both UK and Italy – and even though Como Companion is behind schedule on this, I would like to mark the event by looking at the heroic activities of one particular group … Continue reading →

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