Venturina Terme – It happened on Sunday afternoon, on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A stone’s throw from where the episode took place, elementary school children are studying Anne Frank’s Diary.
A twelve-year-old leaves the house and heads to the park to meet his classmate. When he arrives, his friend is in the company of other boys, between these two fifteen-year-old girls who attend high school in Piombino. The twelve-year-old, who is attending the second-grade Carducci in Venturina Terme, greets the group. At that point a girl tells him not to speak, because his voice bothers her.
The two fifteen-year-olds begin to insult him, “Shit Jew, (ebreo di merda) you must die in the oven (devi morire nel forno)”. Then they start spitting at him, kicking him, beating him on the head the father of boy tells.
Another equally serious aspect is added to the serious episode, namely the fact that none of those present defended my son. I am shocked, as is my son. We haven’t slept, I can’t give myself an explanation for this gesture. I can’t even talk about it, I feel like crying. Honestly, nothing like this had ever happened to me”.
