THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

This is an incredible story. It begins with a postcard that arrives from the hell of Kefalonia, eighty years later. A small rectangle of paper which, suddenly, after eight decades, comes to pierce the veil on the dramas, horrors and residual hopes of a young Italian soldier, my father, who – as an artilleryman of… Read More THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

agosto 13, 2024 Roberto Alborghetti5 commenti

A WINDOW ON THE WORLD: ARTICLE BY MARYSIA ZIPSER ABOUT MY ARTWORK DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE

Blogger and Media Presenter Marysia Zipser (Founder of ACT Group in Beeston, Nottingham, UK) wrote an interesting article (“Art and cultural diversity”) about the artpiece I dedicated to the Victims and Martyrs of Kefalonia massacre (the canvas reproduces one of my abstract photos for “Lacer/actions” project and research). This is the link to her… Read More A WINDOW ON THE WORLD: ARTICLE BY MARYSIA ZIPSER ABOUT MY ARTWORK DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE

gennaio 19, 2017 Roberto Alborghetti1 commento

“PLACE ME LIKE A SEAL OVER YOUR HEART, LIKE A SEAL ON YOUR ARM; FOR LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH”

Yes, there are no words. But sometimes we have to find them, to make sense of life and things. The day we brought to the cemetery my dad Battista, the great soldier of Kefalonia, survivor of the horrible nazi massacre of Acqui Division (1943), my mom Tina joined him in Heaven. Yes, my mother also passed on… Read More “PLACE ME LIKE A SEAL OVER YOUR HEART, LIKE A SEAL ON YOUR ARM; FOR LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH”

giugno 12, 2014giugno 16, 2014 Roberto Alborghetti8 commenti

FAREWELL TO MY FATHER, HERO OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE…

Last night my father passed away. He was one of the few survivors of Kefalonia slaughter in 1943. A terrible event happened during the Second World War. Thousands of young Italian soldiers were killed by nazis on the Greek island. My dad Battista survived to massacre and he dedicated his life to tell and remember… Read More FAREWELL TO MY FATHER, HERO OF KEFALONIA MASSACRE…

giugno 8, 2014giugno 22, 2018 Roberto Alborghetti26 commenti

MY FATHER SURVIVOR IN KEFALONIA: TALKIN’ ABOUT WAR WITH STUDENTS…

On Wednesday June 8, at the Secondary School in Cisano Bergamasco (Bergamo, Italy), was promoted a conference with third classes students about my father, Battista Alborghetti and his dramatic story from the massacre of Kefalonia (1943). The meeting took place a few days after the official communication by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, to confer to… Read More MY FATHER SURVIVOR IN KEFALONIA: TALKIN’ ABOUT WAR WITH STUDENTS…

giugno 8, 2011ottobre 28, 2014 Roberto Alborghetti27 commenti