IT’S 935 THIS SUNDAY. HISTORY COMES TO LIFE IN A PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE AT KCRA HAVE DONE BEFORE, AND KCRA 3’S DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK IS IN STUDIO WITH US TO GIVE US A PREVIEW. AND DEIRDRE, THIS IS A STORY THAT YOU’VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR FIVE YEARS. YEAH. FIVE YEARS. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME. OUR DOCUMENTARY IS CALLED ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR NAME, AND IT IS THE STORY OF THE BUCCI SISTERS. ANDRE AND TATIANA BUCCI WERE FOUR AND SIX YEARS OLD WHEN THEY WERE DEPORTED FROM ITALY TO THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. THEIRS IS A STORY OF A MOTHER’S INSTINCT MISTAKEN IDENTITY AND THE POWER OF REMEMBRANCE. SO FOR FIVE YEARS WE HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR STORY. ANDRE NOW LIVES IN SACRAMENTO WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE TOLD WHEN THE SISTERS NO LONGER CAN DO IT THEMSELVES, AND THAT JOURNEY HAS TAKEN US FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO POLAND AND ITALY. SO HERE’S AN EXCERPT NOW FROM ROME OF ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR NAME. THE JEWISH GHETTO IS A VERY VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL PLACE. PEOPLE LOVE TO VISIT HERE. YES. WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE TO COME TO THE GHETTO HERE? BECAUSE IT’S FULL OF LIFE. TRUE LIFE. NOT THERE IS A REAL LIFE OF ROME. IT’S THE CHARACTER OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE, THE ITALIAN PEOPLE. IT WILL NOT SO EASY TO DESTROY OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ROME AND IN ITALY ALSO. BY. 1940, -- COULD DO VERY LITTLE IN ITALY. THEY COULDN’T GO TO THE SEASIDE. THEY COULDN’T GO. THEY COULDN’T ADVERTISE. THEY COULDN’T PUBLISH. THEY COULDN’T AS I SAID, MARRY NON---. YOU NAME THE RESTRICTION, IT PROBABLY EXISTED. SONO VENUTI A TENDENCY SIA E FASCISTI CHE NAZIST THE RACIAL CENSUS BASICALLY MAPPED ALL OF ITALY’S -- AND CHECKED WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE, WHAT THEIR ADDRESSES WERE, WHO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WERE, AND THAT WOULD LATER PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE ROUNDING UP OF ITALIAN --. A SIERRA UN UN UOMO CHE LA SINAGOGA DI FIUME CHE SI CHIAMAVA PLAQUE E CHE IL NOME POTREBBE FARE PENSARE A ORIGINI. INVECE ERA CATTOLICO APPUNTO PERCHÉ CENTO CATTOLICO POTEVA LAVORARE ANCHE DURANTE LOS ZAPATOS E QUINDI LUI AVEVA ELENCO CONOSCEVO TUTTI LIBERI DI FIUME. ONE MORNING WAS SATURDAY MORNING, 16TH OCTOBER 1943. THE NAZI CLOSED ALL THE DOORS, ALL THE DOOR, ALL THE STREET, ALL AROUND AND THEY WENT IN HEAVILY IN IN THE HOMES. AND THEY TOOK ALL THE --. SO THEY’RE VERY DISTINGUISHED. MAN APPROACHED US AS WE WERE SHOOTING OUR STORIES IN ROME, AND HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SO I EXPLAINED TO HIM, WE HAD FOLLOWED A WOMAN FROM SACRAMENTO TO ITALY, AND HE STOPPED ME AND HE SAID, OH, EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THE BUCCI SISTERS, WHICH REALLY REINFORCED THE CELEBRITY THAT THEY HAVE IN ITALY, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW THEIR STORY. OUR DOCUMENTARY, A TALE OF FAMILY, HOPE, HUMOR AND TELLING YOUR STORY AS A PART OF HISTORY IS CALLED ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR NAME. IT AIRS THIS SUNDAY, THE 27TH AT 9 P.M. WE’LL HAVE IT AFTER THE NFL ON NBC. YOU’LL BE ABLE TO OF COURSE, WATCH IT ON KCRA 3. WE’LL ALSO BE STREAMING IT AT KCRA.COM, AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SOME POINT ON YOUTUBE AS WELL. SO THAT WELL-DRESSED INDIVIDUAL. YES. HE ALSO POINTED OUT SOMETHING TO YOU THAT IN THE ROMAN GHETTO PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FOR IF THEY EVER VISIT ROME, AND THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS AREA WHO DO LOVE TO GO TRAVEL TO ITALY. SO THEY’RE CALLED TRIPPING STONES, AND THEY ARE LITTLE BRONZE, LITTLE PLAQUES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF HOMES WHERE IN 1943, ON OCTOBER 16TH, PEOPLE WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES AS HE WAS JUST DESCRIBING TO YOU. AND IN THAT AREA WHERE WE WERE IN THE ROMAN GHETTO, 1259 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN ON THAT NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16TH, 1023 WERE DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ AS THE BUCCI SISTERS WERE ONLY 16 PEOPLE IN THAT ROMAN GHETTO ACTUALLY RETURNED AFTER THE WAR. SO THEY HAVE, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, COME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT OF TRIPPING STONES. WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU SEE IT, YOU ALMOST TRIP OVER IT. YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE THE DATES THAT PEOPLE WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES, AND THEN YOU FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN. AND ULTIMATELY WHEN THEY DIED. SO POWERFUL. IT IS AN AMAZI