Fondazione Federica Spitzer
Lugano, Switzerland
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Fondazione Federica Spitzer is a foundation based in Lugano, Switzerland working on education, human rights, heritage.
Fondazione Federica Spitzer, based in Lugano, promotes the educational project 'Le vite dei giusti' together with the Archivio storico della Città di Lugano and the Dipartimento Formazione e Apprendimento of SUPSI. The project tells the stories of people remembered in the Giardino dei Giusti di Lugano, focusing on individual responsibility, human dignity and resistance to persecution. It provides teaching materials, archival documents, multimedia resources and school-based activities for students, mainly in Ticino. The foundation also supports exhibitions and commemorative initiatives linked to the life and testimony of Federica Spitzer, a Holocaust survivor.
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Le vite dei giusti
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Educational web project presenting the lives of people remembered in the Giardino dei Giusti di Lugano, with teaching materials for school use on citizenship, human rights, children's rights and memory.
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Archivio storico della Città di Lugano, SUPSI Dipartimento Formazione e Apprendimento, RSI Teche, Comune di Chiasso