On 10 June 1940, Mussolini’s declaration of war on Britain had a traumatic impact on the Italian communities across the UK. On 2 July 1940, the ex-cruise liner SS Arandora Star was transformed and used by the British Government to deport enemy aliens to internment camps in Canada, but intercepted by a German submarine off the Irish coast. It sank leaving a sad legacy. In September 2008, twelve voluntary members of the Welsh-Italian community formed the Arandora Star Memorial Fund in Wales (ASMFW) to raise money for the creation of the first National Memorial of the Arandora Star in Wales to remember the fifty-three Italians from Wales who perished in the tragedy. After decades of silence, the initiatives promoted by the ASMFW were able to g...
To mark the centenary of the signing of the armistice on 11 November, an ‘informal nationwide gestur...
The treatment of Great War remembrance and commemoration in the southern counties of Ireland has bee...
The 1917 call for a national memorial to the First World War led to the establishment of the Imperia...
On 10 June 1940, Mussolini’s declaration of war on Britain had a traumatic impact on the Italian com...
This article discusses the sinking of the SS Arandora Star on 2 July 1940 and the legacy of this war...
The outbreak of war between Italy and Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian...
dynamics of collective remembrance The commemoration of the participation of Irishmen in the British...
none1noIn 1997, on the Easter Friday, the Albanian boat Kater I Rades, overloaded of migrants trying...
Italian immigrants began to settle in Wales at the turn of the 19th century, opening hundreds of cof...
The commemoration of the World Wars has frequently attracted controversy and widespread debate, reve...
This thesis aims to enrich academic scholarship by investigating cultural narratives of Italians in ...
Despite being a numerical minority. Italians have become one of Wales' most noticeable migrant group...
The concept of memory (memorial site) has gained crucial importance in recent years for the identifi...
The armed conflicts of the twentieth century have arguably been one of the most dramatic social forc...
To mark the centenary of the signing of the armistice on 11 November, an ‘informal nationwide gestur...
The treatment of Great War remembrance and commemoration in the southern counties of Ireland has bee...
The 1917 call for a national memorial to the First World War led to the establishment of the Imperia...
On 10 June 1940, Mussolini’s declaration of war on Britain had a traumatic impact on the Italian com...
This article discusses the sinking of the SS Arandora Star on 2 July 1940 and the legacy of this war...
The outbreak of war between Italy and Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian...
dynamics of collective remembrance The commemoration of the participation of Irishmen in the British...
none1noIn 1997, on the Easter Friday, the Albanian boat Kater I Rades, overloaded of migrants trying...
Italian immigrants began to settle in Wales at the turn of the 19th century, opening hundreds of cof...
The commemoration of the World Wars has frequently attracted controversy and widespread debate, reve...
This thesis aims to enrich academic scholarship by investigating cultural narratives of Italians in ...
Despite being a numerical minority. Italians have become one of Wales' most noticeable migrant group...
The concept of memory (memorial site) has gained crucial importance in recent years for the identifi...
The armed conflicts of the twentieth century have arguably been one of the most dramatic social forc...
To mark the centenary of the signing of the armistice on 11 November, an ‘informal nationwide gestur...
The treatment of Great War remembrance and commemoration in the southern counties of Ireland has bee...
The 1917 call for a national memorial to the First World War led to the establishment of the Imperia...