(ANSAmed) - ROME - The joint Italy-Slovenia-Austria exhibit "When My Father Died" opened at Rome's Casa della Memoria e della storia di Roma. The collaborative exhibition includes drawings by children between the ages of 7 and 13 years old who were interned Italian fascists camps during Summer 1942 to September 1943. On Tuesday evening at 6pm, "When My Father Died" will be inaugurated by Slovenian Ambassador to Italy Iztok Mirosic, Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino and the mayors of Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic. Prior to the opening, the Casa della Memoria will host a study conference on the world of the Italian concentration camp entitled ''La smemoria del Duce'' at 2pm.

Both events occur on 70th anniversary of the closing of Fascist concentration camps, and, as promoters stated, intend to call ''attention to the atrocities committed by the fascism during the wars of aggression, keep alive the historical memory of concentration camps for the Italian public and younger generations, a memory still strongly present in Slovenia, where many were victims of those horrors and crimes''.

The two initiatives are sponsored by the Office of Council of Ministers and sponsored by the Embassy of Republic of Slovenia and by City of Rome's culture, creativity and artistic promotion department. (ANSAmed).

