Segre quotes Levi, 'knowing is necessary'

(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 18 - "Allow me to thank all the main students in particular: as a grandmother towards them and I have received much more than they have tried to give 30 years". So Senator Liliana Segre at Sapienz where she was awarded an honorary doctorate in History of Europe. Segre then quoted Primo Levi, "my master chescrisse: understanding, understanding is impossible but knowing is necessary". "I dedicate this acknowledgment to my father the most important man of my way killed for the guilt of being born.
Controversy? I ignore them .. ", he said at the end of the lasenatrice ceremony, speaking with the reporters. Before leaving, Segre embraced the school student Valerio Cerracchio who this morning spoke on behalf of all the students of La Sapienza but was in recent days at the center of controversy.