Monday, January 27th, is Holocaust Remembrance Day, in memory of all those who lost their lives to Nazi-fascist persecution. Among them are homosexuals, whose stories are the focus of a packed program of events planned by Arcigay throughout Italy.
Arezzo
Arcigay Arezzo "Chimera Arcobaleno" presents the film "Il Rosa Nudo," inspired by the life of Pierre Seel, on Sunday, January 26th at Spazio Seme. The event is scheduled for 7:00 pm for an aperitif and dinner, and at 9:30 pm for a screening of the film, followed by a discussion with director Giovanni Coda. Il Rosa Nudo is a work of experimental cinema inspired by the life of Pierre Seel and his autobiography, written in collaboration with Jean Le Bitoux, one of the most prominent LGBT rights activists in France and Europe. Discussing Seel's traumatic experience will serve to address the Homocausto, or rather, to highlight the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, even against those classified as homosexual. Il Rosa Nudo focuses primarily on a painful and horrific episode that would shape Seel's emotional life for the rest of his life. He was only 17 years old at the time of his internment. Deported to the Schimerck camp, he will witness the atrocious death of his companion.
Bologna
Nineteen young illustrators and comic artists are committed to telling eleven stories of gay men and lesbians persecuted during Nazi-Fascism. "Rosa cenere" (Ash Rose) is the exhibition produced by the Cassero LGBT Center, curated by Jacopo Camagni, which will open on Monday, January 27th at the Arcigay club in Bologna, in the presence of Lucy, a transgender concentration camp survivor. Among the stories illustrated, some are already well-known, such as those of Heinz Heger and Pierre Seel, whose publications paved the way for early research on deported homosexuals. Others have been discovered in online archives, such as that of Henny Schermann, one of the few women deported partly because she was a lesbian. The narrative of the Holocaust told through the exhibition "Rosa cenere," which will run until January 31, ties together all the initiatives scheduled at the Cassero for Holocaust Remembrance Day, such as the screening of the film "Il rosa nudo" (The Naked Pink) scheduled for January 24 at the Odeon Cinema, or "Paragraph 175," scheduled for Monday the 27th at Palazzo Marescotti (Via Barberia), introduced by a lecture by Marco Reglia, Arcigay representative for the historical memory of discrimination against homosexuals. All these initiatives are part of the event on Monday the 27th in the garden of Villa Cassarini, with a commemoration of the gay, lesbian, and transgender victims of Nazi-Fascism in front of the plaque commemorating them.
Catania
The Arcigay QueeRevolution Territorial Committee of Catania will also remember the victims of the Holocaust on Monday, January 27th, with two events: in the morning, the Committee will organize viral remembrance actions to remember the 45 homosexuals from Catania and the surrounding province confined to the Tremiti Islands by Police Chief Molina in 1939, and to urge the City Council to replace the plaque commemorating those tragic events, which was removed under pressure from the Molina family. Then, in the afternoon, at 5:30 p.m., the Committee will meet with the Catania Provincial ANPI (National Association of Italian Partisans) at the Turrisi Colonna High School.
Cremona
On Saturday, January 25, Arcigay Cremona and Piccolo Parallelo invite you to the Teatro G. Galilei in Romanengo for #DER PUFF Sung Fragments of Interned Bodies# with Francesca Falchi and Marta Proietti Orzella. A show that intertwines the stories of lesbians during the Nazi era and the deportations. Performance begins at 9:15 pm, box office opens at 8 pm. Information and reservations: +39 0373 729263 [email protected] Tickets: FULL PRICE €10, REDUCED PRICE €8 (available at the Arcigay Cremona provincial office in Via Speciano 4).
Foggia
Arcigay Foggia "Le Bigotte," in collaboration with Arcigay Bat "Le Mine Vaganti," intends to remember the victims of the Holocaust with images, readings, testimonies, and a surprise featuring bodies and empathy. Traditional Jewish foods will be served for a pleasant and profound "Symposium of Remembrance," a celebration of fellowship and mutual exchange. The event is scheduled for Sunday, January 26, starting at 6:00 PM, at Via Perrone, 35 (c/o the Donne in Rete Association) in Foggia.
Genoa
From January 25th to February 2nd, the Mu.MA – Museoteatro della Commenda di Pré will host the contemporary art exhibition "Dimenticare a Memoria," promoted by Approdo Comitato Territoriale Arcigay Genova in collaboration with Loredana Galante, the Sabrina Raffaghello Contemporary Art Gallery, the Mu.MA – Istituzione Musei del Mare e della Navigazione, and the Consorzio Sol.co Liguria. The exhibition will feature eight installations by artists Gianluca Chiodi, Massimo Festi, Loredana Galante, Pierpaolo Koss, Julia Krahn, Giancarlo Marcali, Stefano Scheda, and Mona Lisa Tina.
Through the language of art, the exhibition aims to engage the viewer in a unique emotional and physical experience, inviting them to reflect on the Holocaust and all deportations. The opening is scheduled for Saturday, January 25th at 6:30 PM. Participants: Pierangelo Campodonico (director of Mu.MA), Vladimir Luxuria (writer and activist), Flavio Romani (president of Arcigay), Carla Peirolero (director of the Festival and Compagnia SUQ), and Ostilia Mulas (president of Approdo Comitato Territoriale Arcigay Genova).
The exhibition includes a program of related events at the Museoteatro della Commenda di Prè, except for the debate on Monday 27 January, which will be held at the Starhotel President, in Corte Lambruschini 4:
Saturday, January 25th
5.30pm Performance «Ich höre dir zu» by Loredana Galante and Mona Lisa Tina. Reservation required
6:30 pm Inaugural conference
Sunday, January 26
10:30 a.m. Art therapy workshop "The Colors of Encounter" led by Mona Lisa Tina (first cycle). Reservations required.
3:30 PM Art therapy workshop "The Colors of Encounter" led by Mona Lisa Tina (second cycle). Reservations required.
Monday, January 27
4:30 PM Debate: "From the silence on the Holocaust to the internet.
Conflicts on the Internet between civil rights and homophobia» with Fulvio Marcello Zendrini, Chiara Reali and Yuri Guaiana.
Wednesday, January 29
4:30 PM Debate "Enemies of the New Man: History, the Novel" with Giuliana Franchini, Lorenzo Benadusi, Roberto Paterlini, and Nicoletta Poidimani.
Friday, January 31st
4:30 PM Debate "Twenty Years of the Mancino Law. What Developments for LGBT Rights?" with Damiano Fiorato, Sergio Lo Giudice, and Lara Trucco.
Saturday, February 1st
4:30 PM Debate "Forgotten Holocausts. Holocaust, Porrajmos, and Aktion T4: Yesterday and Today" with Ostilia Mulas, Luciano Rosasco, Silvana Baroni, and Francesco Cassata.
Sunday, February 2nd
4:00 PM Reading "Reading Memory" by Officina Letteraria.
INFORMATION:
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Naples
On Sunday, January 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the Casa Comune delle Diversità, Arcigay Naples headquarters, the Committee's youth group will meet with the ANPI, the National Association of Italian Partisans.
Pavia
Arcigay Pavia and Universigay present the third edition of "Memory Is Too Much," an evening to pay tribute to each minority group and each victim, on Monday, January 27th at 8:30 pm in the Aula del 400 (Piazza Da Vinci, 4). This evening features contributions from ANPI Pavia, the Pavia Coordination Committee for Disability Issues, UILDM Pavia, and Ci Siamo Anche Noi. Music by 4/4 Ensemble and UnoDuo. The event has received the patronage of the Province of Pavia, the Municipality of Pavia, and UNAR (National Office Against Racial Discrimination). Furthermore, the meeting "Why Remember?" will be held on Sunday, February 2nd at 4:30 pm in the council chamber of the town hall (Piazza Marconi, 18) in Bressana Bottarone. Introduced by: Gian Pietro Miracca, President of ANPI Bressana Bottarone. Speakers: Santino Marchiselli, Head of the School and Memory Commission for the Provincial ANPI of Pavia; Fabio Mantovan and Valeria Zanolin, participants in "The Train of the Thousand" to Auschwitz-Birkenau (5-10 May 2012). During the event, historical texts will be read by volunteers from Arcigay Pavia.
Reggio Emilia
The photography exhibition "Homocausto. The Forgotten Extermination of Homosexuals" opens on Saturday, January 25th at 5:00 PM in the foyer of the Teatro Bismantova (Via Roma, 75 – Castelnovo né Monti). Speakers include Salvatore Trapani (art historian of Istoreco), Francesca Correggi (Municipality of Castelnovo né Monti), and Fabiana Montanari (President of Arcigay Gioconda). The exhibition, which is free to enter, will remain on display until February 24th.
Salerno
On Wednesday, January 29th, the Anti-Discrimination Help Desk in Salerno will host a meeting titled "The Other Extermination." It will open at 10:30 a.m. with a screening of the film "Bent" by Sean Matthias. It will be followed at 12:30 p.m. by a discussion with Lorenzo Forte (Arcigay "Marcella di Folco" Club), Gianpaolo D'Elia (journalist), and Michele Pirone (Secretary of the FLC-CGIL). Free admission.
Udine
At the Balducci Center in Zugliano (UD), on Monday, January 27th at 8:30 pm, "I Will Survive," a general theater performance directed by Serena Di Blasio, will take place. In collaboration with Arcigay Friuli, Arcilesbica Udine, and Circolo Arci Misskappa.
Verbania
Arcigay Nuovi Colori Onlus and Agedo Verbania Onlus, with the kind participation of the Casa della Resistenza, are pleased to present the event "Homocausto: The Pink Triangles" on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The event will be held at the Arci Meltin'POP club in Arona on Thursday, January 30, starting at 7:00 PM. The exhibition, part of the "Cycle of Remembrance" events, will be introduced by Professor Giannino Piana and Alberto Garzoli, head of the Arcigay Nuovi Colori Onlus Press Office. It features 15 illustrated panels retracing the persecution of lesbians and gay men by the Nazi regime and is divided into five sections: "Nazism. The Rise of Barbarism," "Persecution and Extermination," "Lesbians. The Invisible Homocausto," "The Silent Persecution. Italian Homosexuals under Fascism," and "From the Postwar Period to Today." At the end of the exhibition presentation, the film “Il Rosa nudo” will be screened. It won the Gold Jury Prize for best feature film at the 2013 Social Justice Film Festival in Seattle and was included as a special event, “for its high artistic, historical, and moral value,” in the 7th edition of the Queer Lion Award during the 70th Venice International Film Festival 2013. The film's director Giovanni Coda, who will be present at the exhibition, will introduce the film and lead the discussion at the end.
