On the occasion of the “Day of Memory for the Shoah”,

the Dante Alighieri Society of BC

and the Institute of Italian Culture in Toronto

invite you to the presentation of the book by Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin,

“In the Maëlstrom of History. A conversation with Miriam” (Club Giuliano Dalmato, 2022)

Friday, 27 January 2022, 9.30 am-11.00 am (PDT),

12.30 pm-2.00 pm (EDT)

In English – Online via Zoom

Free - Donations are welcome!*

*Please send your donations via Interac email transfer at info@dantesocietybc.ca

Or Become a Member! The yearly membership costs $40 and offers free access to all our paying events &

a 5% discount on all Italian language courses at our Dante Italian Language School in Vancouver

About the event:

At the centre of historical events there are always personal stories. In her book, In the Maëlstrom of History. A conversation with Miriam (Arpa D’Or) Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin finds the threads that link personal lives to History and creates a choral narrative that explores the experience of the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the lives of people who live along changing national borders. The author will take part in the book discussion together with Prof. Konrad Eseinbichler (University of Alberta) and Dr. Diego Bastianutti (Queen’s University).  Dr. Arianna Dagnino (The University of British Columbia) will moderate the event.  In collaboration with the Club Giuliano Dalmato di Toronto.

Giuricin’s archival research on the Jewish community in Trieste in the 1930s, on Italian soldiers imprisoned in German camps, and on other survivors of Nazi concentration camps is presented in a single narrative that brings together many voices and many experiences. At the centre of the narrative there are a young Jewish woman, Miriam Grünglas Frankel, and a city, Trieste.

To order the book: Email: info@giulianodalmato.com;  https://www.giulianodalmato.com/

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