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- Lake Como Boatyards: Luxury Boats January 13, 2022
- Lake Como Boatyards: The Champions November 26, 2021
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- True Crime in Como – the Molteni Murder September 15, 2021
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Tag Archives: Ines Figini
Testimonies and Remembrance: Como Recalls the Shoah
Testimonies and Remembrance: Como Recalls the Shoah. Ines Figini and Alessandro Lukacs at Villa Olmo on Holocaust Memorial Day Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, People, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged cernobbio, Enrico Caronti, Giorgio Perlasca, holocaust, Ines Figini, Jehovah Witnesses, Memorial Day, Pizzo, Schiavi di Hitler, Shoah, Villa Olmo
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Como’s Ines Figini, Auschwitz Survivor – A Celebration for International Women’s Day
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
Posted in Events, History, People, silk, Uncategorized
Tagged Auschwitz, Birkenau, holocaust, Ines Figini, Mauthausen, Paolo Porta, Politics, Ravensbruck, strikes, Tintoria Comense, Umberto Walter
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