Arandora Star – Barga remembers the victims
"To forget would be a greater tragedy " - Gino Tambini, grandson of Giovanni Tambini, lost on the Arandora Star, July 2, 1940
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
Arandora Star – the search for a missing mosaic war memorial
James Selbie designed and created the mosaic to commemorate the Arandora Star tragedy.
A mystery regarding a missing memorial to one of the worst shipping disasters of the Second World War has focused on Greenock, Scotland The stone mosaic — which was created in memory of more than 800 people who perished in the sinking of the liner Arandora Star (article here) — was gifted to the town’s […]
Arandora Star – La tragedia dimenticata
"To forget would be a greater tragedy " - Gino Tambini, grandson of Giovanni Tambini, lost on the Arandora Star, July 2, 1940
Per fortuna a Barga c’è l’Istituto Storico Lucchese. Lo diciamo sinceramente, perché se non ci fosse questa attivissima sezione, la Fondazione Ricci e poche altre iniziative di singoli cittadini, qui, la memoria di chi ci ha preceduto sarebbe lasciata cadere in un triste e assordante oblio. Già, perché non bastano le corone di fiori e […]
Arandora Star remembered 74 years after the event
Among those lost on the Arandora Star were the following Barghigiani: Agostini, Oliviero 29.04.1904 Bertolini, Vincenzo Silvio 14.06.1876 Biagioni, Ferdinando 06.07.1895 Da Prato, Silvio 27.02.1878 Poli, Amedeo 10.03.1896 Rocchiccioli, Caesar 06.12.1909 Togneri, Giuseppe 19.03.1889
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
Arandora Star – When Fiction Serves Truth
"To forget would be a greater tragedy " - Gino Tambini, grandson of Giovanni Tambini, lost on the Arandora Star, July 2, 1940
I have known, and lived with the story of the Arandora Star for many years. I was a young reporter in local newspapers back in 1990 when a book arrived for review. It was “The Italian Factor” by Terri Colpi (a book I still treasure) which is THE guide to the Italian community in the […]
Rando Bertoia, the last survivor of the Arandora Star tragedy dies
the last survivor of the Arandora Star tragedy
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of cav Rando Bertoia, the last survivor of the Arandora Star tragedy. Rando was 93 and died peacefully at home in Glasgow, Scotland. His great serenity and courage inspired many. He was a champion of reconciliation and peace and when pressed to allocate blame for […]
Arandora Star remembered 73 years after the event
church service and wreath laid in Barga Vecchia this afternoon in remembrance of the 682 people who died on the Arandora Star on the 1st of July 1940
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
Per l’anniversario dell’Arandora Star
L’Amministrazione Comunale ha partecipato lo scorso mese di maggio all’inaugurazione degli Italian Cloister Garden di Glasgow, il giardino monumentale voluto dall’Arcidiocesi di Glasgow, ed in particolare dal suo vescovo Mario Conti, per celebrare il contributo degli italo-scozzesi alla terra che li ha accolti. Un monumento soprattutto per ricordare con un monumento, il primo così grande […]
Arandora Star remembered 70 years after the event
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
Arandora Star remembered 68 years after the event
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
World Theatre Premiere – Arandora Star
A vibrant, evocative full-length drama about the controversial sinking of the SS Arandora Star on July 2nd, 1940, in which some 700 'enemy aliens', many of them Scottish-Italians, lost their lives while being transported to Canada by the British Government.
Edinburgh-based Theatre Objektiv to stage a vibrant, evocative full-length drama about the controversial sinking of the SS Arandora Star, July 2nd 1940, in which some 700 “enemy aliens”, many of them Scottish-Italians, lost their lives while being forcibly transported to Canada by the British Government . International significance and controversy Arandora Star dramatises a subject […]
Barga remembers the victims of Arandora Star
"To forget would be a greater tragedy " - Gino Tambini, grandson of Giovanni Tambini, lost on the Arandora Star, July 2, 1940
In early June 1940, immediately Italy entered the Second World War, all Italian male civilians between the ages of 18 and 70 years living in the UK were arrested by the police and military to be interned under instructions of the War Cabinet. Following a decision to transport a number of internees to Canada and […]
