Building Europe

There are certain words and concepts we often hear, yet rarely stop to question. One of these is Schengen. It is a word we have all encountered at least once, but what are we actually talking about when we mention Schengen? To understand it, we need to retrace a long journey. A journey that begins in Sant’Anna di Stazzema and the atrocities of World War II, passing through the reconstruction of an entire continent, a Europe where physical and political walls rise up, built to keep people apart.