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Researching & Writing with the Italian American Program
Bruno Calabro and his mother, Agostina, in May 1943, only days before Agostina’s death. Bruno was on his way from Washington, Pa. to an Army base when he received the…
An In-Depth Look at the Italian American Program
The Italian American display of the fourth floor Special Collections Gallery highlights only a fraction of the History Center’s Italian American Collection. The Senator John Heinz History Center’s Italian American…
Italian Heritage Day
On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, the Senator John Heinz History Center’s Italian American Program will kick off National Italian Heritage month in Pittsburgh by hosting the second annual Italian Heritage…
Michael Musmanno and the Nuremberg Trials
Judge Musmanno at Nuremberg, 1947. Duquesne University Archives and Special Collections. Between 1946 and 1949, the U.S. military conducted the “Subsequent Nuremberg Trials,” prosecuting mid-level Nazi officials who carried out…