28/07/2022
I have gladly get involved in this beautiful initiative, titled "The memory of Goodโ: this what it is all about.
Every year, the 27th of January, we celebrate the Holocaust Memorial Day, devoted to engraving in everyoneโs memory the tragic events of Shoah. And yet, it is precisely in the darkest moments that some people reveal their best sides, thanks to which most of us are still alive.
In Brindisi, close to the tourist harbor, a semi-abandoned area has an amazing story to tell. Making this story known is something I feel fortunate and privileged to commit myself with.
During many years, Bocca di Pugliaโs pavilions welcomed refugees coming from different parts of the world; turning from escape to hospitality, this place provided a new beginning in refugeesโ lives.
Nowadays, the welcome pavilions lay in an abandoned state: the project idea is to create a multifunctional space where, beyond the intended uses, the actual walls can tell us what they had been seeing through the years, though in a discreet and nonintrusive way. The observerโs eye, almost by accident, will come across pictures, newspapers clippings, testimoniesโ screenings et cetera, raising up curiosity and wish of learning more about. This way, the visitor will not only be pleased for being in a lovely spot for its physical and geographical characteristics, but also and above all for its human qualities.
A small aside: my parents, born in different countries and times, had been both expelled from their native countries as Jews. Both, however, met brave and sensitive people who helped them get through those hard times. I believe it is vital to give value to places and people connected with the memory of Good: therefore, I am proud to participate in this project.
