Children of Selvino: post-Holocaust life in an Italian town
More than 800 orphans lived in a compound called Sciesopoli, which was formerly used to house the children of Fascist officers under Benito Mussolini.
The Sciesopoli children’s home where 800 Jewish orphans came in 1945 and where they prepared for life in Israel(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
