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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

It Happened In Italy by Elizabeth Bettina


It Happened In Italy by Elizabeth Bettina, is a missing part of Italian and Jewish History. Campagna, Ferramonti and other remote Italian towns were places where Jewish people did not experience the horrors of Dachau or Auschwitz. Therefore, the words “concentration camps” were never used by the carabiniere. Some of the rescued people likened their lives to living in a “hotel.”

In these Italian villages the Jewish people went to synagogue, prayed, and families were kept together. They practiced The Bris and cooked matzoh for Passover. While reading Elizabeth Bettina's book, It Happened In Italy, I was amazed to learn the meaning of Christian in Italian. In Italian Christian means human being. Elizabeth Bettina includes many black and white photos in the book. The photos prove the survivors' memories are true.

Elizabeth Bettina is a woman with purpose. Her journey is one of miracles. One group had the chance to meet with Pope Benedict. Each person wanted to share their miracle of hope with the world and to say thank you to the Italians before their earthly journey came to an end.

4 comments:

  1. Joanne

    Hello, Tea! I need you to contact me at my blog, Slice of Life because you are a winner of Vision in White by Nora Roberts! Congratulations, but I need your e-mail address to get shipping info! Lucky you!

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  2. Nice review, Tea. WWII stories are always interesting, even today! It's good to find out more about history from the stories people still tell.

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  3. This book is in tbr. And your review makes me want to bump it up! Thanks.

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  4. I enjoyed this booka s well and I learned from it. I am always amazed when books like this take me womewhere I didnt know.

    I wonderful book.

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