Throughout the week the covers of the Facebook, instagram and twitter pages of the State Police are dedicated to the memory of the victims of the holocaust with a photo that immortalizes some stumbling blocks placed in Rome. There will also be posts on what happened and in memory of the policemen who sacrificed their lives to save those of thousands of Jews.
A contribution that the State Police wants to give as a testimony of the strong bond that binds it to the Jewish community, so that the enhancement of memory and remembrance serves as a warning to future generations so that what was never happens again. As evidence of this, the public merit of the Public Security Administration was already awarded to Giacomo Zarfati, exponent of the Jewish Community of Rome, in 2018.
A commitment recognized beyond national borders: last November, in fact, the European Association of Jewish Communities awarded the Chief of Police – Director General of Public Security Prefect Lamberto Giannini the prestigious “King David Award”, for his intense work of protecting Jewish communities.
The initiatives
The “Run for Mem, the Race of Memory towards the future”, organized by the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, UCEI, took place in the city of Novara on 23 January, in a journey through the places of memory that saw the participation of athletes of the Fiamme Oro Sports Group.
Today, 25 January, stumbling blocks were placed at the police headquarters in Trieste to commemorate the policemen who, in opposition to Nazi laws, saved the lives of numerous Jews destined for deportation.
The stumbling blocks were dedicated to the memory of the Commissioner Giovanni Palatucci and the Commissioner Feliciano Ricciardelli deported to Dachau concentration camp in 1944.
Tomorrow, January 26, a stumbling block will be placed in memory of the commissioner at the Aosta Police Headquarters Camillo Renzi he too died in the Dachau concentration camp.