Tramm għall-Ħajja

Is-16 ta’ Ottubru 1943.

Fil-ghetto ta’ Ruma, Emanuele, tifel ta’ tnax-il sena, jara lil ommu tiġi mkaxkra għal fuq trakk tal-Ġermaniżi. Imur jilħaqha, jgħannaqha, imma hi taqbad u twaddbu għal isfel. Emanuele jinħeba fuq tramm u jibda vjaġġ li, stejġ wara l-ieħor, iwasslu sal-venda. Lil tal-biljetti jgħidlu li hu Lhudi u jitolbu jipproteġih għaliex il-Ġermaniżi qed ifittxuh. Ix-xufier tat-tramm, imbagħad oħrajn warajh, jipproteġu lit-tifel u jgħinuh jibqa’ ħaj għal tlitt ijiem sakemm jirnexxilu jsib lil missieru.

Fatt traġiku, storja ta’ tama u fidwa.

It-traduzzjoni ta’ dan il-ktieb saret bl-għajnuna għat‐traduzzjoni mogħtija mill-Ministeru Taljan tal‐Affarijiet Barranin u tal-Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali.

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16th October, 1943.

In the Roman ghetto, Emanuele, a twelve-year-old boy, sees his mother get dragged onto a German truck. He runs to her, hugs her, but she pushes him off the truck. Emanuele hides on a tram and begins a journey that, one stop after another, leads him to a place of refuge. He tells the ticket seller that he is a Jew, and asks him for protection from the Germans who are looking for him. The tram driver, as well as others later on, protect the boy and help him stay alive for three years until he manages to find his father.

A tragic fact, a story of hope and salvation.

This book has been translated with the help of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.