Chi era Hermann Wygoda            return to home page

 

The Resistance History Institute of the Province of Savona (I.S.R.E.C. Savona) created an exhibition on Hermann Wygoda's life titled Chi era Hermann Wygoda (Who Hermann Wygoda was) which was on display in the Palazzo Comunale (City Hall) of Savona, Italy in September 2007.  The exhibition was held in conjunction with the presentation of the Italian language edition of Hermann Wygoda's book.  Below is the Programma (Program) from the opening of the exhibition and the book presentation ceremony:

 

Please scroll down to view some photographs of the exhibition Chi era Hermann Wygoda

President (Umberto Scardaoni, right) and Vice President (Gian Franco Cagnasso, left) of I.S.R.E.C. Savona outside the City Hall of Savona.  The poster announcing the exhibition contains a composite image of Hermann Wygoda made from photographs taken in 1945 and 1971.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view of a portion of the exhibition, which consists of 10 large panels which follow Hermann Wygoda's life history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The exhibition was designed by an artist, Federico Grazzini (far left) and a historian, Professor Giosiana Carrara (gesturing, center).  The man with the red tie is Giacomo Ronzitti, President of the Regional Council of Liguria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

                        Who Hermann Wygoda was                                    The Idea of Writing                            Decision not to Reveal his Jewish Identity

 

                       

       From the Warsaw Ghetto to the Hell of Treblinka       Safety in the Shadow of the Reich               Destination: Lorentz & Co., Savona, Italy

 

                       

                                         Why He?                                  The Memorable Battle of November 1944                      We Liberate Savona

 

                                                                                       

                                                                                               For Our and for Your Freedom

 

Extremely high resolution pdf images of these panels may be viewed by clicking on each numbered pannello on the I.S.R.E.C. Savona webpage located here.

 

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Photographs from my trip to the Province of Savona in September 2007 (click on images to enlarge).  An article about that trip appeared in the January/February 2008 issue of Acadiana Profile magazine.

Savona

Savona

ISREC office

in Savona's Piazza Mameli

Monument to the people of Savona who were killed in World War I

Palazzo Comunale (City Hall) of Savona

Book presentation

Senator Giovanni Urbani, a partisan who served in Hermann Wygoda's Command

Presentation of a certificate to the Mayor of Savona from the Mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana

The town of Osiglia

Presenting a certificate to the Mayer of Osiglia from the Mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana

One room school house in Osiglia, grades 1 - 6

monument to partisans of Osiglia who were killed in WWII

Hermann Wygoda's command cave in the mountains

in the Command Cave

mountain path used by partisans

Partisan veteran explaining a monument

the town of Carcare

Bridge in Carcare

Lunch in Carcare

Assuntina Marabotto, teenage partisan helper during WWII