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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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