Perlasca .The courage to say no
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018, here's a theatrical show by and with Alessandro Albertin
A production by Teatro de Gli Incamminati and Teatro di Roma - Teatro Nazionale in collaboration with Overlord Teatro and with the endorsement of the Giorgio Perlasca Foundation
Teatro de Gli Incamminati and Teatro di Roma Teatro Nazionale
by and with Alessandro Albertin
Lighting Design Emanuele Lepore
Direction Michela Ottolini
Giorgio Perlasca was from Padua and was a merchant. He saved thousands of Jews, over 5200, in Budapest in the winter of 1944-1945 by pretending to be the Spanish consul. Back in Italy, he didn't tell anyone about that, not even to his own family.
Even today, his story is unknown to most people.
In 1988 he was tracked down by a couple of Hungarian Jews who owe him their life ...
When the journalists asked him the reasons for his actions, he replied: What would you have done in my place?
Ticket € 8
