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Drawn from talks at the Italian Academy's annual public symposia in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, these ten lively and fascinating interdisciplinary essays--on the Roman Ghetto, Jews in the U.S. during the Fascist era, music in Mussolini's Italy, and the persecution of homosexuals, the Roma and Sinti peoples, the disabled, women, and children--reveal much about the period. This contribution to the larger discussion on discrimination, antisemitism, and crimes against humanity is one way for our community--of scholars, and, indeed, of humans--to ensure that memories will not fade, that facts will not be forgotten, and that images will not be erased.

Barbara Faedda serves at Columbia University as the executive director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies--where she conceived the International Observatory for Cultural Heritage--and as an adjunct professor in the Italian Department. She received her Ph.D. in Legal Anthropology and Social Science from the Università Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli after studying at Sapienza Università di Roma. In 2019, she was appointed ambassador, permanent observer for the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations. In 2022, the President of the Italian Republic named Barbara Faedda a "Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica" (Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic).

Her books include From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana: A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University(Columbia University Press, 2017), Élite: Cultura italiana e statunitense tra Settecento e Novecento (Ronzani, 2020), A Lost Mediterranean Culture: The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama (co-editor, with Paolo Carta; Columbia University Press, 2023), and Tharros: A Sardinian Treasure in the Ancient Mediterranean (co-editor, with P. Carta; Columbia University Press, 2025). She is also the editor of two volumes on architectural preservation: A Shared Global Heritage: Architectural History, Conservation, and Preservation (Italian Academy Publications, 2023) and Architectural History and Contemporary Preservation Trends (Italian Academy Publications, 2025).