What weight does the attention that the media grant to history books? Researchers from FBK-IsigFernanda Alfieriand Katia Occhi discussed this with journalists Simonetta Fiori from the newspaperRepubblicaand Alberto Sinigaglia from the newspaper La Stampa on April 182012 at the third meeting of the series “La storia in prima pagina” (History on the front page), organized in Trento by the Istituto storico italo-germanico (FBK-Isig) (Italian-Germanic Historical Institute) of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler, directed by Paolo Pombeni. The series of meetings “La storia in prima pagina” features culture page editors froom the major national newspapers and the directors of local newspapers who discuss the topic with the new generation of FBK-Isig's researchers.