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Over 10,000 kilometres travelled, more than 30 interviews, hours and hours of footage, texts and many stories collected. The project ‘From Prisons to Death’, realised by Aned with funding from the German Embassy in Italy, aims to shed light on an aspect that has remained unknown to most: the importance of fascist prisons for the repression and deportation of thousands of people to Nazi camps, where many found death.
A project that highlights the weight that Italian fascism, the ‘father’ of Nazism and many other European far-right political parties, had in the deportation and murder of thousands of innocent people.
And he highlights this through a journey that will take the ‘reader-spectator’ on a journey where he will first learn why and who could end up in prison during the regime, the importance of prisons in deportation, the stories of those who did not make it and those who survived through a journey backwards made with family members, those who were deported from Italy and why, despite the thousands of victims, fascism is still seen as ‘a good thing’ today.
The videos and documentaries in the project are made by director Victor Musetti while the historical texts were written by Costantino Di Sante. Sound engineer Giuseppe Rotondi edited and homogenised both the audio of the videos and the ‘podcast interviews’.
The project was conceived and coordinated – with the help of Lucia Tubaro – by journalist Francesco Bertolucci, who also conducted the interviews and provided the voice.
The realisation of the site is by Andrea Venturi, the graphic design by Stephen Sbrana while the translations from Italian into German are by the Germanist Claudio Cassetti.
Francesco Bertolucci conceived, coordinated and realised the project. You can also see him in the videos and hear him in the audios, in which he did the interviews and lent his voice. A journalist with a degree in history, he has worked for numerous newspapers such as Il Manifesto, Domani, Boston Globe, Linkiesta, TPI, Firenze Today, 20 Minuti, Junge Welt and La For Rai 5 he made the documentary ‘Geoffrey Cauley’ while for Rai Storia ’ I dimenticati di Sachsenhausen“. He is the author, together with Claudio Cassetti and Jacopo Buonaguidi, of the research book ” Gli italiani di Sachsenhausen” and the book on the Viareggio train disaster, “Uno spiacevolissimo episodio“, col giornalista Giovanni Lorenzini.
Victor Musetti, realised and edited the video part of the project including documentaries and explanations of the individual prisons. Director of the documentary ” I dimenticati di Sachsenhausen ” aired on Rai Storia and available on RaiPlay, he has worked, among others , for Fondazione Carnevale di Viareggio, Festival Pucciniano, Agalope, Alfea Cinematografica – for which he has curated two European projects – and is the author of numerous short films, including “Giorgio Michetti, 100 anni tra colori e pennelli” e “Boris, l’uomo delle bolle“. He is co-founder of the production company Asteroid.
Costantino Di Sante (University of Molise) acted as a consultant and edited the historical texts on the site. His research focuses on the history of the Resistance, internment and deportation from Italy, the occupation of Yugoslavia and Italian colonialism in Libya. An expert in the analysis of photo-documentary sources, he is the author of numerous books, has curated several exhibitions and leads training courses dedicated to the teaching of contemporary history.
Giuseppe Rotondi, sound engineer, took care of the audio part of the whole project. Born in Milan but moved to Tuscany many years ago, Rotondi has curated hundreds of music productions of Italian and international artists, as well as audio books, dubbing and both live and studio recordings.
Graphic design is by graphic designer Stephen Sbrana, owner of the company Stedan, has worked for major companies such as Zanussi and Zdue and has authored works for national and international companies in a wide variety of fields.
Andrea Venturi, computer scientist, created the site. Graduated from the University of Pisa after a stint living in Milan, he now only works on remote projects for process automation business and resale services for sailing.
Lucia Tubaro oversaw the economic management of the project, finding solutions to things that seemed almost impossible. She is responsible for projects for Aned and she have to your credit work for important Italian and European companies and organisations.
Claudio Cassetti took care of the translations from Italian into German and contributed to the revision of the work. A graduate in Germanistics, he has lived in Berlin for about 40 years and works as a guide, researcher, pedagogue and organiser of European projects in the field of lifelong learning. He is part of the team of official guides of the Memorial and Museum of the former Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. He produced the research book “Gli italiani di Sachsenhausen” and collaborates regularly with institutions such as the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris and Istoreco.
