When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a Bootstring
Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a Bootstring
Ciao and Benvenuti! You’ve found the home for questions, discussion and discovery around living in Italy affordably. Nancy Steele, a current US resident, began eyeing Italy for retirement in 2019. Since then she’s discovered that her middle income retirement CAN be enough to make her dreams happen in Italy. Together with friends old and new she’s exploring regions, towns, tips and tricks to building a life in Italy affordably. Join her as she explores Italy’s 7% flat tax and it’s qualifying ...
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"Life is too short not to live purposefully." Just one of the many tidbits of wisdom today's guest offered. Not everyone wants to wait months or years for their dream in Italy to begin. And not everyone wants to retire. Today's guest joins me to explain how she obtained Italy's Innovative Startup Visa -- sometimes called the 250K Investor Visa -- a…
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Moving to Italy: On Work Visas to Soriano nel Cimino, Lazio
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1:15:17The odds of getting one work visa make you a unicorn. The odds of getting two are unfathomable. Professional musicians, authors and travel experts, Matt and Zeneba Bowers of Little Roads Europe, made that magic happen just prior to the Covid lockdowns in Italy. Their new life in the region of Lazio continues to defy imagination as they pursue so ma…
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Moving to Italy: 2023 End of Year Tax Update with Paolo Rigo
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1:09:46Tax time is stressful. So are potential Year End legislative changes to Italy's Budget Law. Recent rumors and a few news articles have had people extremely worried and wondering if they should "pull the trigger" on a last minute move to Italy. They're also wondering if its even POSSIBLE to become Tax Residents in Italy with such a short timeframe. …
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7% Flat Tax Towns: Santa Croce Camerina, Ragusa, Sicily
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1:07:26Just because you HAVE Italian Residency doesn't mean you have to keep both feet on Italian soil year round. Today's guest, Kim Sutton, and her husband fell in love with sailing while still living in pre-Brexit England. The Mediterranean on their own boat was the goal. Be careful where you park your boat... it just might end up being home! They fell…
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Italy’s Affordable Regions: Le Marche’ with Mark Hinshaw
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1:38:05If I could give you only ONE person to talk to regarding building a new life in Italy, it would be this guy. Unfortunately, I'm giving you THIS guy 4 months after our initial recording (my tech-NO-bility issues). Mark Hinshaw, successful author, artist, architect, urban planner, journalist and for many years now, immigrant to Italy, joined me to di…
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Italy’s Affordable Towns: Lucca, Tuscany, with Our Italian Journey’s Gary and Ilene Modica
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1:12:36Affordability is generally NOT a concept much associated with Italy's Tuscan region. The epicenter of all things Renaissance is often depicted in films with heavenly landscapes and hilltop towns, and books often describe its idyllic setting amidst some of Italy's most delightful sensory experiences. Many of us have swooned for decades. But affordab…
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Edited Moving to Italy: Taxes with Nicolo Bolla
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1:04:19Italian taxes are notoriously challenging. So are Visas. Misinformation abounds. This episode highlights many areas someone interested in moving to Italy MUST know in order to navigate successfully. With discussion from “the basics” like “Is it true that Italy Taxes income at 43%” (NO!) to special tax saving opportunities like the 7% Flat Tax for R…
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Monica Dalton, our guest for today's 7% Flat Tax episode, lives in Silvi Marina, Abruzzo. She obtained her Dual-US Citizenship and moved her Florida lifestyle to a more affordable waterfront venue. The entire region of Abruzzo is subject to Italy's 7% flat tax offering as long as the town in question has NOT been absorbed by a larger town (frazione…
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Have you seen"No Time to Die", the recent James Bond movie? The 007 isn't the only one who knows where to find beauty and a little bit of action. Greg Foster, a local living in Matera, Basilicata, gives us great insight into a region not much known amongst immigrants. Many towns in the region qualify for Italy's 7% Flat Tax, and Greg helps us bette…
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Snugly tucked between the Adriatic Sea and skiing in nearby mountains, Chieti, Abruzzo, boasts everything both ancient and modern. Rino Di Bernardino of One Stop Abruzzo on YouTube explains how Trains, Buses and Planes can connect you in 2.5 hours to Rome and the entire Adriatic coast in less. Don't miss his HOT tip on the cheapest and most local o…
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Consider being 40 minutes from Rome by train and 1.5 hours from Florence by fast train. Your darling apartment in the Centro Storico of a hilltop town with every amenity most expats would need cost less than you'd ever imagine. Join me with Cindy Wilhelm and discover what the amazing and affordable town of Orte', Lazio, has to offer.…
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This, our first exploration of affordable places to live, is a surprising episode. Ken and author, Barbara Palermo, retired from Oregon State to Taormina, Sicily, a 7% Flat Tax town. Barbara wants to share with listeners their experiences enjoying accessible and excellent healthcare, as well as a beautiful life running their Sicilian Farm Stay on a…
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Italian Visas are tricky, and precious. American expat, Mary Hanson, shares her journey obtaining the Elective Residence Visa (ERV) and preparing her dog, Diggy, for a new life in Italy. She wants to help you avoid pitfalls along the way. Mary’s now enjoying her life affordably in the 7% flat tax town, Carovigno, Puglia, Italy.…
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A how to move your household goods to Italy tutorial by US expat, Mary Hanson, who moved first to Thailand and later to her 7% flat tax home in Puglia, Italy. Mary shares tips to save thousands of euros, and how she almost lost her shipment.Por Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a Bootstring
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