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The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

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Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

7:52am February 25, 2023

by Sylvia Poggioli

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

Liliana Segre waves at the end of a meeting with students in Milan, Italy, in 2018. For decades, Segre, 89, was reluctant to discuss her time in the Auschwitz concentration camp. But in the 1990s, she began speaking to schoolchildren throughout Italy abou

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Italian Holocaust Survivor Faces Threats After Calling For Investigation Into Hate

6:30pm November 11, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

"This is a real crisis for all of us, of all the system, of all the democracy," says the head of Rome's Jewish community. "That means that she must be protected from the hate as it was in the past."

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Much of Albert Einstein's best-known work, including his famous formula, was conducted in Europe, but when the Nazis came to power, he and other famous scientists brought their talent to the U.S.

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Science

American Science And The Nazis

4:32pm August 22, 2017

by Adam Frank

By standing strong against the Nazis, America became a beacon of hope to some of the world's greatest scientists — whose positive effects on American science we still feel today, says Adam Frank.