Cornini Attilio & Iole (Bosi)

Attilio & Iole Cornini Ettore and Golda Basevi, and their three children – twins Zelda Lucinia and Nino and younger sister Anna – moved from Fiume to Trieste in 1938. Ettore, a chemical engineer, found work in a local factory. In September 1943, the owner of the factory warned Ettore of the impending danger to the Jews, and Ettore decided that his family should go into hiding. They found temporary shelter in a number of places until they arrived in Parma, where Ettore turned to his friend and former partner, Attilio Cornini, for help. Cornini, his wife Iole and their children, Ruggero and Christina, welcomed the family into their home with open arms. The Basevis stayed with the Corninis for two months, living on the second floor. When neighbors started asking questions about their guests, Attilio decided to move them to a safer address. At first he sent them to a hotel, where they stayed at his expense until he found a new hiding place for them in the town of Varallo. Through colleagues, Attilio arranged a job for Ettore in a detergent factory in Novara. There Ettore managed to produce salt, which was in short supply, for the farmers of the district and thus was rewarded with false identity cards for his family. This enabled them to receive ration cards, and for the children to attend school. Attilio Cornini continued to look out for the welfare of the Basevis throughout the remainder of their stay in Varallo, until the liberation of the area in April 1945. On May 25, 2011, Yad Vashem recognized Attilio and Iole Cornini as Righteous Among the Nations.