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Vandals destroyed his tribute to Holocaust survivors — and yet this artist persists

JL;DR SUMMARY Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo has created poignant murals challenging indifference towards the Holocaust, honoring survivors Liliana Segre and Sami Modiano. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsHolocaust EducationMuralPublic ArtRomeAlexsandro PalomboSami ModianoIndifferenceLiliana Segre

Places mentioned

Milan, Lazio, Italy
"The following day, his body was hung upside down from the roof of a gas station in the center of the Piazzale Loreto in Milan."
Rome, Lazio, Italy
"Shortly thereafter, the portraits became part of the museums permanent collection."
Lombardy, Italy
"Modiano, as a result of Mussolinis Racial Laws, was expelled in 1938 from an Italian public school on the island of Rhodes, then a part of Italy."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"A practicing attorney in Los Angeles, Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and was the founder of the Department of Religion at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina."
New Jersey, United States
"A practicing attorney in Los Angeles, Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and was the founder of the Department of Religion at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina."
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
"A practicing attorney in Los Angeles, Fredric Brandfon is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Stockton University in New Jersey and was the founder of the Department of Religion at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina."

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