Robilotta: "Per Day Memory, and Re.Se.T. Aralla to Marcellina (Rom) "
As part of efforts to honor Memorial Day, January 27, at the Institute of Comprehensive School Marcellina (Rm), Foundation Re.Se.T. Aralla and, in collaboration with the administration of the City of Marcellina, inaugurate the photo exhibition "Roma and Sinti Forgotten Genocide": 60 intense shots that tell the "Porrajimos," the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti.
The opportunity to host the exhibition (which will remain on display until February 10 and was made available dall'AIZO Roma Onlus di Torino) was greeted with great enthusiasm by town and the local education authorities. Enthusiasm shown in particular by the Mayor of Marcellina, Alfredo Ricci, and the City Council Leontina Ionescu (Romania the first town ever to be elected in Italy), who are to administer a territory more often forgotten, despite its proximity to the capital.
"The Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti people - said in a statement Donato Robilotta, president dell'Arall - is one of the darkest pages of contemporary history and forget the Old Continent, the preparation of this photographic exhibition for Remembrance Day has been thought to throw a beam of light on what is right to define an unacceptable neglect. "
"In Italy - Francesco Chiucchiurlotto adds, president of the Foundation Re.Se.T. - are between 30 000 and 40 000 Romania's Roma origin, often settled in small towns, with this initiative we wanted to convey a message of awareness on ' erroneous association is commonly made between Roma and Romanians and the efforts of interaction and cultural mediation made by small municipalities to integrate these communities. "
Rome, 20/01/2010
DARIO BORLANDELLI Regional Foundation for the Local Authorities of New York - Re.Se.T. Head of Communications
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