Interviews

Conversation with Olga Ragusa

A conversation with Olga Ragusa – A lifelong engagement with the printed word: reading, writing and teaching. The elder of Andrea Ragusa’s daughters, Olga, arrived in New York with her…

The Master Puppeteer

Mussolini’s Manipulation of US correspondents in Fascist Italy Mussolini a darling of the American media of the 1920’s and late 1930”s? This long forgotten fact, together with his being described…

The Church and the Righteous

The Church and the Righteous. Susan Zuccotti in conversation with Alessandro Cassin Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, archbishop of Florence during World War II, has recently been named Righteous Among the…

Stella Levi Honored

Stella Levi to Be Honored at the Museum of Jewish Heritage Alessandro Cassin interviews Stella Levi On June 2, CPL Board member, Stella Levi will be honored at the Museum…

A Storyteller’s Tale

This is a story of light and shadows: it belongs to one of the people whose lives have been touched by the events reconstructed in Anna Pizzuti’s book Paper Lives…

Fascist Imperial Dreams

Fascist Imperial Dreams, a conversation with Davide Rodogno by Alessandro Cassin Mussolini’s short-lived empire has often been thought of dismissively as an operetta affair. In addition to its colonies in…

A New Journal: Quest

The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milan Launches Online History Journal: Quest Alessandro Cassin interviews Michele Sarfatti, historian and director of CDEC The recent launch of the online magazine…

From Trieste to New York

  Book Review: From Trieste to New York. Annie Cohen-Solal’s Leo & His Circle Alessandro Cassin Chances are even those outside the contemporary art world are familiar with Leo Castelli’s…