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Exhibit Depicting Horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps Opened in Italy

May 18, 1961
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An exhibit depicting the horrors of Nazi concentration camps opened today in the Royal Palace in Milan. Thousands of persons, including members of Parliament, civil and military authorities, viewed the exhibit which featured photographs, models, and printed materials.

The University of Rome, meanwhile, held a series of five lectures aimed at informing the younger generation of the evils of fascism and nazism. The lectures, which were given by leading Italian historians, and attended by thousands of students, discussed political life during the fascist dictatorship, the partisan movement, deportations and forced labor.

The Municipality of Rome has decided to establish six scholarships for high school and medical students in honor of citizens of the city who died fighting the Nazi-fascist regime. The scholarships are named for six young men who were killed during the Nazi occupation, four of them in the Ardeatine caves massacre.

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