Gabriele Nissim
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This entry is the English version of the Gabriele Nissim entry on the Italian Wikipedia.
. In 1982 Gabriele Nissim founded L'Ottavo Giorno [The Eighth Day], an Italian magazine
about the dissent in the Eastern European Countries.
Moreover he directed many documentaries for the tv networks of Canale 5
and of the Italian-speaking Switzerland on the underground opposition to Communism
, on the problems of post-Communism and on the condition of the Jews
in the East.
He works for the papers Panorama, Il Mondo, Il Giornale
and the Corriere della Sera
.
He is the Chairman of the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee - Gariwo which seeks for the Righteous of all genocides all over the world.
He published “Ebrei invisibili. I sopravvissuti dell’Europa orientale dal comunismo ad oggi” [Invisible Jews. The Eeastern European Holocaust survivors from the Communist era until today] (with Gabriele Eschenazi) for Mondadori in 1995, in 1998 he published “L’uomo che fermò Hitler. La storia di Dimitar Peshev
che salvò gli ebrei di una nazione intera” [The man who stopped Hitler. The story of Dimitar Peshev
who saved the Jews of a whole nation], in 2003 he published “Il tribunale del bene. La storia di Moshe Bejski
, l’uomo che creò il Giardino dei Giusti” [The Tribunal of Good. The story of Moshe Bejski
, the man who created the Garden of the Righteous
] (now in the Oscar collection which is very famous in Italy) .
For Bruno Mondadori, among with others, he wrote “Storie di uomini giusti nel Gulag” [Stories of righteous men inside the Gulag].
His recent book is “Una bambina contro Stalin” [A little girl against Stalin], and it tells about an Italian Communist expatriated into the URSS
, then arrested and shot without a trial, and the battle of his daughter to get his memory rehabilitated.
Gabriele Nissim was awarded a number of international prizes. On 6 November 1998 the Sobranie
(Sofia's Parliament) knighted him Sir of Madera, the highest cultural honor in Bulgaria, for discovering Dimitar Peshev
, the saviour of the Bulgarian Jews. In 2003 he won the critics prize "Iliaria Alpi" for the tv documentary “Il giudice dei Giusti".
On 2 December 2007 he received a special mention of the Lombardy Region for his peace activity and his activity about the Righteous.
During his remembrance-related activity, Gabriele Nissim has witnessed numerous international events.
He was one of the creators of the museum devoted to Peshev in Kustendil in Bulgaria in 2001, he promoted the creation of the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee in Milan, he created the first park dedicated to the victims of the gulag in the Valsesia Park of Milan in 2004 and he ushered in the memorial dedicated to the 1,000 Italian victims of the Soviet totaliarianism on 29 June 2007.
He has been the promoter of great international congresses about the Righteous, among which the 2000 meeting about the Righteous for the Jews and the Armenians, the 2004 Milan meeting on the moral resistance to totalitarianism and the 2007 meeting on the Righteous in Bologna.
Biography: a life devoted to remembrance
Gabriele Nissim was born in 1950. He is an Italian journalist, historian and essayist who has always dealt with the cultural and political reality of Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. In 1982 Gabriele Nissim founded L'Ottavo Giorno [The Eighth Day], an Italian magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
about the dissent in the Eastern European Countries.
Moreover he directed many documentaries for the tv networks of Canale 5
Canale 5
Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....
and of the Italian-speaking Switzerland on the underground opposition to Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
, on the problems of post-Communism and on the condition of the Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
in the East.
He works for the papers Panorama, Il Mondo, Il Giornale
Il Giornale
il Giornale is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy.-History:The newspaper was planned in 1972 by the journalist Indro Montanelli, together with the colleague Enzo Bettiza, after some disagreements with the new pro-left editorial line adopted by the newspaper Corriere della Sera,...
and the Corriere della Sera
Corriere della Sera
The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
.
He is the Chairman of the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee - Gariwo which seeks for the Righteous of all genocides all over the world.
He published “Ebrei invisibili. I sopravvissuti dell’Europa orientale dal comunismo ad oggi” [Invisible Jews. The Eeastern European Holocaust survivors from the Communist era until today] (with Gabriele Eschenazi) for Mondadori in 1995, in 1998 he published “L’uomo che fermò Hitler. La storia di Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II...
che salvò gli ebrei di una nazione intera” [The man who stopped Hitler. The story of Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II...
who saved the Jews of a whole nation], in 2003 he published “Il tribunale del bene. La storia di Moshe Bejski
Moshe Bejski
Moshe Bejski was an Israeli judge, President of "Yad Vashem"'s Righteous Commission.-The childhood in Poland :...
, l’uomo che creò il Giardino dei Giusti” [The Tribunal of Good. The story of Moshe Bejski
Moshe Bejski
Moshe Bejski was an Israeli judge, President of "Yad Vashem"'s Righteous Commission.-The childhood in Poland :...
, the man who created the Garden of the Righteous
Garden of the Righteous
Garden of the Righteous may refer to one of the following:* An inexact translation of Riyad-us Saliheen* Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations, a garden in Yad Vashem commemorating the Righteous Among the Nations....
] (now in the Oscar collection which is very famous in Italy) .
For Bruno Mondadori, among with others, he wrote “Storie di uomini giusti nel Gulag” [Stories of righteous men inside the Gulag].
His recent book is “Una bambina contro Stalin” [A little girl against Stalin], and it tells about an Italian Communist expatriated into the URSS
URSS
URSS is an alternative spelling of USSR, e.g. reads as Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques in French, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas in Spanish, Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche in Italian, União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas in Portuguese, and Uniunea...
, then arrested and shot without a trial, and the battle of his daughter to get his memory rehabilitated.
Gabriele Nissim was awarded a number of international prizes. On 6 November 1998 the Sobranie
Sobranie
Sobranie is a word in several Slavic languages for parliament, and can refer to:*Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia*National Assembly of Bulgaria*Federal Assembly of Russia...
(Sofia's Parliament) knighted him Sir of Madera, the highest cultural honor in Bulgaria, for discovering Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev
Dimitar Peshev was the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and Minister of Justice during World War II...
, the saviour of the Bulgarian Jews. In 2003 he won the critics prize "Iliaria Alpi" for the tv documentary “Il giudice dei Giusti".
On 2 December 2007 he received a special mention of the Lombardy Region for his peace activity and his activity about the Righteous.
During his remembrance-related activity, Gabriele Nissim has witnessed numerous international events.
He was one of the creators of the museum devoted to Peshev in Kustendil in Bulgaria in 2001, he promoted the creation of the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee in Milan, he created the first park dedicated to the victims of the gulag in the Valsesia Park of Milan in 2004 and he ushered in the memorial dedicated to the 1,000 Italian victims of the Soviet totaliarianism on 29 June 2007.
He has been the promoter of great international congresses about the Righteous, among which the 2000 meeting about the Righteous for the Jews and the Armenians, the 2004 Milan meeting on the moral resistance to totalitarianism and the 2007 meeting on the Righteous in Bologna.
Sources
- Gabriele Nissim on Haaretz
- Gabriele Nissim on Grandi e Associati
- Gabriele Nissim and the stories of the "normal heroes"
- Gabriele Nissim on Wikio
- Gabriele Nissim receives the 2007 Peace Award of the Lombardy region. In the photograph he ushers in the Garden of the Righteous in Milan
- All books by Gabriele Nissim on BOL.it
- Gabriele Nissim honoring Dimitar Peshev in Sofia