Jemolo Carlo & Adele (Morghen); Daughter: Adele

Jemolo, Carlo Arturo Jemolo, Adele Maria Jemolo, Adele Prof. Carlo Arturo Jemolo (1891-1981), a devout Catholic, was a well-known jurist, as well as an ardent anti-fascist. After his colleague, Prof. Mario Falco was fired from his position at the University of Milan as a consequence of the racial laws promulgated in 1938, Catholic friends, especially Prof. Jemolo, helped the Falcos financially. After the bombardment of Milan in October 1942, the Falcos had moved to the house of Mrs. Falco’s parents, the Ravennas, in Ferrara, but on September 10, 1943, following the German invasion of Italy, the family fled to a village in the countryside. Prof. Falco died of a heart attack on October 4, 1943, and was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Ferrara. Gabriella Falco realized that she was in danger after the arrest of Jews in Ferrara. When the bombardment of Rome began, Prof. Jemolo left his Rome apartment and moved with his wife Adele Maria (née Morghen) and three sons to the village of Ariccia, a few kilometers from Rome, where he had a villa. At his own initiative, Prof. Jemolo tried to locate Mrs. Falco, and wrote her three urgent letters. He had written to her father’s address in Ferrara, offering his Rome apartment as a hiding place, believing that Rome would be liberated before the north. Gabriella accepted the invitation and went to the Rome apartment on October 19, 1943, hiding there with her daughters Annamarcella and Graziella. With the help of Prof. Jemolo, the three received false identity cards. Prof. Jemolo gave his apartment keys to several other Jews as well. Among those who found shelter there were Mrs. Falco’s brother-in-law, Prof. Giorgio Falco, and Prof. Edoardo Volterra. The housekeeper at the apartment in Rome was Jemolo’s 18-year-old daughter, Adele, who went to sleep at her aunt’s place every night. Jemolo paid all the expenses for the Falco family during the entire time they were under his roof. When it became too risky to stay on in Rome,Gabriella and her daughters fled and joined the Jemolo family in Ariccia. It was very crowded there – and dangerous – because the villa was full of Germans, who had confiscated the house and left only two rooms and a kitchen for the Jemolos. When Rome was liberated on June 4, 1944, they all moved together to the Jemolos’ apartment in Rome. Gabriella stayed there with her daughters until June 1945, one month after the liberation of Milan. On February 13, 1968, Yad Vashem recognized Carlo Arturo Jemolo, his wife Adele Maria and daughter Adele as Righteous Among the Nations.