[2nd Floor] The city of Pilsen is considered to be one of the last cities to be liberated by the Allies during the end of World War II. The exhibition “The Liberation of Pilsen” will explain the advance of Allied troops from Normandy to Pilsen, the role of General George S. Patton, and other historical circumstances. The exhibition is on…
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[4th Floor] Concert of the Pilsner Jazz Band, an eight-member orchestra from the city of Pilsen, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Pilsen’s liberation by US Army troops. The Pilsner Jazz Band will perform their wide repertoire, from jazz to swing and blues. On May 6, 1945, the West Bohemian city of Pilsen was liberated by troops of the…
Dramatic reading of Maria Eisenstein’s diary Internee n.6, (1944), one of the earliest testimonies of life in a fascist concentration camp. Details to be announced. Excerpts for the reading are translated from the Italian original: Maria Eisenstein, L’internata numero 6, edizione critica a cura e con un saggio introduttivo di Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2014 (prima edizione Roma 1944).…
Civilian Internment in Fascist Italy Co-presented with Centro Primo Levi On the occasion of the English language publication of Mussolini’s Camps Civilian Internment in Fascist Italy (1940-1943) (2019, Routledge) [I campi del duce,Turin: Einaudi, 2004] by Carlo Spartaco Capogreco Panelists: Silvana Patriarca, Fordham University Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, Università della Calabria Rudolf Mrazek, University of Michigan Discussant: Mary Gibson, CUNY Graduate Center |…