The proposed itinerary is a path of remembrance, which starts from the Ghetto and develops along the calli and campi of the Cannaregio district to discover the Stumbling Stones laid in the city from 2014 to the present.
Each stage is dedicated to the story of the people to whom the Stones are dedicated. Serving as a red thread are excerpts from Primo Levi’s writings, particularly “If This is a Man” and “The Truce,” and dedicated to some of Levi’s fellow prisoners who came from Venice itself.
The “Stumbling Stones” project is an initiative of German artist Gunter Demnig in memory of citizens deported to Nazi death camps and consists of installing a small brass plaque in the road pavement in front of the last home of victims of Nazi violence.
Born in 1995 in Cologne, from Germany the initiative quickly spread to several European countries and numerous Italian cities: to date there are more than one hundred thousand Stones laid in 31 European countries, each of which represents an exceptional marker of the territory with a double value of preservation and restitution to the community of historical memory. In Venice, the project began in 2014, continuing each year with the laying of new Stones, reaching 197 to date.
