The Emigrants and Marcinelle

December 18, 2017
40 min
Season 1 - Episode 47: The Emigrants and Marcinelle

Season 1 - Episode 47: The Emigrants and Marcinelle

Passato e Presente - Backdrop

Overview

Episode dedicated to Italian emigration to Belgium: from the agreement of June 23, 1946 (with which Italy and Belgium agree on the transfer of 50,000 Italian miners in Belgium, in exchange for 2,500 tons of coal every 1,000 miners) to the disaster of Marcinelle (August 8, 1956) in which 262 people died.

Episode Information

TV Show

Passato e Presente

Season

Season 1

Episode Number

47

Air Date

December 18, 2017

Runtime

40 minutes

Guest Stars

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Silvia Salvatici

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