110 high school students from Florence gathered in the Aula Magna of the University of Trieste to meet Andra Bucci, a survivor of the Holocaust.

Andra and her sister Tatiana were deported to Auschwitz at the ages of just 4 and 6. In recognition of their ongoing commitment to sharing their testimony, the University of Trieste awarded them an Honorary Degree in Diplomacy and International Cooperation in 2020.

The event was part of the project “From Italy to Auschwitz: Places of History and Memory as Tools for Education”, promoted by the Region of Tuscany to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation from Nazi-Fascism.

One of the main aims of the educational journey was to explore and reflect on the history of key sites of memory, including the Risiera di San Sabba, a former Nazi concentration camp located in Trieste.