by Mary | Aug 29, 2018 | A THREAD OF GRACE
Seventy-five years ago, on September 8, 1943, hundreds of Jewish families fled a Nazi round-up in France by climbing the Maritime Alps, hoping to find shelter in the hills of northwestern Italy. Now there is a yearly march to commemorate that exodus — Marche de...
by Mary | Jul 5, 2011 | A THREAD OF GRACE
When I was doing research for A Thread of Grace, I interviewed a number of people in the Cleveland area simply because I heard an Italian accent and saw a person who was clearly born before 1935. I’d ask, “Where in Italy were you born?” and...
by Mary | Nov 12, 2010 | A THREAD OF GRACE
Several readers have told me about a N.Y. Times article entitled “Italy’s Treatment of Jews in World War II is Reconsidered.” I just read the article, and I think it’s fair. Mussolini’s government promulgated anti-semitic race laws in...