Giorgetti Ezio

Giorgetti, Ezio Ezio Giorgetti, from the village of San Mauro Pascoli, helped save the lives of 38 Jewish refugees. Thirty-four of the rescued Jews were from Yugoslavia. Following the Italian armistice in September 1943, the Jews left their camp in Asolo, in the province of Treviso, where they had been held as civilian internees and escaped to Bellaria on the Adriatic coast near Rimini. There they met Ezio Giorgetti, who was the owner of a pension, which, at that time of the year, was already closed. He agreed to reopen the establishment despite the expenses and danger involved. Among the refugees were Dr. Ziga Neumann, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, Josef Konforty. Neumann recalled that Giorgetti protected them, and they felt secure in his hotel. After the Germans occupied the area, Giorgetti looked for another place for them and arranged their transfer to another inn near Bellaria. Some time later they had to move again. Through Osman Carugno* they were introduced as refugees from the south of Italy, which is what appeared on their forged documents supplied by Giorgetti, who also gave them ration cards. In May 1944, as the front came closer and the situation became more dangerous, the group had to relocate a number of times. With Giorgetti’s help, they went up into the mountains behind San Marino. Giorgetti was responsible for organizing everything, using his personal connections with the peasants in the hills. He visited them regularly in their hiding places, and they remained there until September 1944, when the Allies liberated the area. After the war, the Konfortys immigrated to Israel and they remained in contact with Giorgetti’s family. One of Konforty’s sons was named Ezio in honor of his father’s savior. On May 5, 1964, Yad Vashem recognized Ezio Giorgetti as Righteous Among the Nations.