I am Counting on You, on Everyone…
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Description
This book presents the eight surviving letters Gemma Servadio wrote from Fossoli, curated by her granddaughter Mirella Bedarida Shapiro, with an accompanying essay by historian Marco Coslovich. Written between late May and late June 1944, these letters transcend mere documentation of trauma. What makes Gemma’s correspondence extraordinary is its deceptive simplicity—bare yet profound.
About the Contributors
Gemma Vitale Servadio (1878–1944) was born in Turin into a cultured Jewish family and became an accomplished pianist. After marrying Cavour Servadio, she lived in Ancona and raised five children. She returned to Turin in 1924 and was later deported to Auschwitz with her elderly mother, where both were killed upon arrival in June 1944.
Mirella Bedarida Shapiro, Gemma’s granddaughter, was born in Turin in 1927. After fleeing the racial laws of 1938 with her family, she lived in Tangier, New York, and Paris. She worked in universities and foundations across Europe and the United States.
Marco Coslovich is a historian and the founder of Prospettive storiche. He has published widely on memory, totalitarianism, and anti-Jewish persecution, and created one of the largest oral history archives of survivors of Fascist, Nazi, and Communist deportation, now housed at the Dachau Museum.
Series: Memoirs and Biographies
ISBN: 978-1-941046-08-1 Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-941046-06-7 ebook
Pages: 96
Year: 2014
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