Italian Embassy Commemorates the Deportation of Rome’s Jews at Yad Vashem

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(ANSA) – TEL AVIV, 16 OTT – The Italian Embassy in Israel participated in the Holocaust Memorial—Yad Vashem in Jerusalem—at the commemoration of the 83rd anniversary of the deportation of Rome’s Jews on October 16, 1943, organized by the association Hevrat Yehudè Italia Be-Israel. The ceremony began at the Tent of Remembrance, where the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Luca Ferrari, lit the commemorative flame in memory of the victims of the deportation. This was followed by remarks from Vito Anav, president of Hevrat Yehudè Italia Be-Israel; Ambassador Ferrari; and Samuele Rocca, a member of the association’s Executive Committee. The evening…