Egidia Beretta Arrigoni, Mother of Vittorio Arigoni | Il Manifesto
Translated by Sebastiao Nascimento. Italiana segue.
One has to die to become a hero, to hit the headlines and to have TV crews around the house, but does one have to die to stay human? I recall Vittorio in the Christmas of 2005, detained and incarcerated in the Ben Gurion Airport, the scars left by the handcuffs that cut his wrists, the denial of any contact with the consulate, the farcical process. And I recall Easter that same year, when just … Continue reading
