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I will be speaking at the Bi-Cultural Day School in Stamford on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:30PM. RSVP.  disrael@bcds.org.

Esta and Jay Feinsod have organized this wonderful event.  They read the book on their way to Italy in June and loved the little known story of Jews being saved in Italy.  They took a side-trip to Campagna and went to the Museum dedicated to Peace in the convent of San Bartolomeo where Jews were in the Italian Concentration camp.  They contacted me – and as they say…the rest is history.  Once again, this book connects people in the most interesting ways.

THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THANK YOU RABBI STERN AND MICHELE AT BARNES & NOBLE.  THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME TO HEAR ABOUT HOW MANY ITALIANS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center
Presents
Author Elizabeth Bettina
Speaking at
Barnes & Noble, Richmond Avenue
Sunday December 6th, 2009, 3:00 PM 
Ursula Korn Selig, a survivor featured in the book, will also be speaking
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After years of research and emotional journeys to Italy, I was ready to tell the lost story of good amidst evil in a war-torn Italy. A story of Italian concentration camps, families torn apart and re-united. A story of survival and goodness in a World War II Italy and miraculous discoveries in the New York City area over six decades later. "It Happened in Italy" is newly published and I can't wait to tell the story.

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Our high school's World History classes participated in a distance learning program where we had the opportunity to hear this author speak about her book. Her stories and the underlying message of helping each other no matter the consequences brought tears to our eyes several times. None of us, including the World History teacher, had heard this story about the wonderful people in Italy during WWII, but we left in awe of them. - Medicine Lodge, KS
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