dalla Valle Antonio

Dalla Valle, Antonio Antonio Dalla Valle, a railroad guard in Bagnacavallo, in Ravenna province, sheltered two related Jewish families who had escaped from Fiume after September 13, 1943. The first family consisted of a grandmother, Laura Weiss; her daughter, Sara-Carlotta Jakobowits; and her children, Oscar, 13, and Esther-Edda, 11. The second family consisted of Giacomo Galandauer, his wife, Laura’s daughter, Elena, and their children, Eugenio, ten, Cecilia, six, and Antonia, five. At first the family was sheltered in Bagnacavallo by the Tambini* family. Soon other members of the family joined them, and they were all accommodated in several rented rooms. Nevertheless, one day a rumor spread that the next day they would all be arrested. They had to find a new hiding place immediately. Antonio Dalla Valle offered them lodging in his house and they stayed there for four weeks. Dalla Valle was a poor farmer, but he shared his food with them and did not expect anything in return. After a month, however, the family managed to cross the border into Switzerland, with the help of Lidia Cattaneo* – and they were finally free. On April 28, 1974, Yad Vashem recognized Antonio Dalla Valle as Righteous Among the Nations.