Sapienza for the Memory of the Shoah

In Latina two important events of Sapienza University of Rome on the topic of Medicine and the Shoah, as part of the "Sapienza for the Memory of the Shoah" third mission activities.

On the 15th and 17th of April, two congress events on the topic of Medicine and Shoah, eugenics and medical bioethics will be held in Latina, Lazio, Italy. Speakers from various disciplinary fields - contemporary historians, doctors, and medical historians - will participate. The presence of witnesses of the Holocaust of disabled people and of Italian Jewish and Rom communities is essential to reinforce the message on the importance of memory regarding the role of doctors in the Nazi extermination project. Within the initiative, the exhibition entitled "Medicine and Shoah. From Nazi experimentation to bioethics" is presented. The exhibition is curated by historians of medicine, historians and doctors from Sapienza University of Rome, in collaboration with Italian stakeholders,…