Abstract
The volume collects two lectures held by Edith Bruck at Roma Tre University. The first contribution, from which the entire book takes its title, is the reproduction of the lectio magistralis given by the Author on the 21st of November 2018 at the ceremony for the awarding of the Honoris Causa Degree in Information, Publishing and Journalism. The second contribution is the lecture that the Author gave on the 27th of January 2020 on the occasion of the conference “Passing on the memory. Testimonies in words and music ”.