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Memories of the Shoah Section
The award has been assigned to the sisters Andra and Tatiana Bucci, native of Fiume and deported respectively at the age of
4 and 7 years at the Birkenau concentration camp along with other membersof their family.

 

 

Other Memories Section
The award assigned to the attorney
Pasquale Cappuccio, brutally murdered by the mafia more than 30 years ago, was received by his daughter Emma Lorena.

 

 

 

Post-memoriaes Section
The award was assigned to the memory of Shmuel Haddas, first Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See who disappeared in January 2010.

 

 

Awarding CeremonyNaples, 7th February 2011

 

 
 

During a live television broadcast from the offices of the Fondazione Mediterraneo of Naples - from 7 to 8 a.m. in "Buongiorno Regione" (repeated at 2 p.m. on "TG3" and on Saturday 5th March on "Settimanale TG3") - the result of 20 years of commitment to the Mediterranean and to Peace was presented and an Appeal for Peace in Lybia was proposed by ARCI, Associazione “Libera”, Fondazione Mediterraneo and others.

On this occasion the Totem for Peace project was illustrated and, especially, that the “Tricolore” edition which was made in Turin for the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

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At the historical headquarters of the Bank of Naples in via Toledo there was the debate “Yesterday’s Europe, Tomorrow’s Europe” with an important group of speakers, including economists and politicians. Speeches were given by Andrea Beltratti, president of the management board of the Intesa Sanpaolo bank, Paolo Garonna, director general of the Associazione nazionale delle imprese assicuratrici, Alfonso Izzo of the European Federalist Movement, the Euro-Parliamentarians Gianni Pittella, acting vice president of the European Parliament and Antonio Tajani, vice president of the European Commission for Industry and Business. In the afternoon there was a round table discussion with the president of Cnel Antonio Marzano, the vice president of Confindustria, Cristiana Coppola, the president of the cultural commission of Confindustria Alessandro Laterza, Gregorio De Felice, manager of analysis and research for Intesa Sanpaolo bank and Alessandra Perrazzelli, from the Intesa Sanpaolo Eurodesk. The work was chaired by Giuseppe Castagna, director general of Banco di Napoli.

Claudio Azzolini, head of Institutional Relations, intervened on behalf of the Fondazione Mediterraneo.

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On 26th February at the offices of the Fondazione Valenzi, Carlo Puca’s new book “Tengo Famiglia”, published by Aliberti Editore, was presented. The speakers were the President of the Campania Region, Stefano Caldoro, the Provincial Secretary of the PD, Enzo Amendola, the Director of "il Denaro", Alfonso Ruffo and the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso.

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