ABSTRACT This article, conceived as an institutional memoir written in two voices, retraces the creation of the CDEC’s Archivio della Memoria and the making of the documentary film Memoria (1997). Drawing on the perspectives of a historian and a filmmaker, it highlights the emergence of a new approach centered on filmed testimony and the central role of place in reconstructing the experience of persecution. The article also reflects on the challenges of translating testimony into film, balancing historical rigor and narrative form. It thus traces the development of the project leading to the production of Memoria.
issue 28 / n.2 (2025)
