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Segre: the honor from Germany honors me and strikes me deeply

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“I am very honored but also deeply impressed. It is an opportunity to meditate on my long and painful path of reconciliation with Germany. I see the historic gesture of Chancellor Willy Brandt, who in 1970 in general surprise knelt in Warsaw in front of the war memorial in the Ghetto. I think back to the thousands of German intellectuals and teachers who, over the decades, rebelling against the previous oblivion, have done an extraordinary job so that the new generations, born after the war, would come to terms with the nation’s past, with a commitment that is example for many European countries, including Italy. My thoughts also go to President Steinmeier and Chancellor Merkel, who today wisely lead a Germany, a bulwark of democracy and a messenger of peace in the world, as well as to President Ursula von der Leyen – whom I had the pleasure of meeting personally – a true champion of an increasingly united and united Europe, against nationalisms and obscurantisms. I thank my friends Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, president of the Senate, and Noemi Di Segni, president of the UCEI, who wanted to be by my side on a day so special for me and full of meaning. I dedicate this honor to the memory of my dear Alberto, Olga and Giuseppe Segre ». This was stated by Senator for life Liliana Segre after the delivery by Ambassador Viktor Elbing of the honor of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ceremony for the delivery of the high honor, already conferred in 2020 by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier “for the extraordinary commitment to remember the Shoah and the tireless fight against hatred and intolerance”, had been postponed due to the Covid emergency. The event was held in the Sala Zuccari of Palazzo Giustiniani at the Senate of the Republic.

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