The Carceri Nuove (New Prisons) in Turin were occupied by the Germans after 8 September 1943, along with other nerve centres in the city. From the ‘German wing’, which housed political prisoners, partisans, Jews and often civilians arrested in reprisal, people left to face two fates: execution or deportation. In the block where Le Nuove Prison stands, until 1943 there was a small hotel: the Albergo Speranza, destroyed during the bombing.

Imagine one winter night a traveller walking in the fog holding a note with the address of the Albergo…. Who gave it to him? What will he find?

Gathering the stories of that time, we asked ourselves what remains when even Hope is bombed out, and we went in search of the ‘bright spots’ moments, experiences and encounters that shine and allow one to shine even when everything around is dark.

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