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Brizi Luigi ; Son: Trento
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Brizi, Luigi Brizi, Trento As an owner of a small souvenir shop situated near S. Chiara Square in Assisi, Luigi Brizi (b. 1876) owned a manual printing press, used for printing assignments. During the occupation, Luigi, and his son Trento (b. 1915) members of an Assisi rescue network risked their lives by printing false documents for Jews. These bore the names of various municipalities in the south of Italy, an area that was not occupied by the Germans. Presented as genuine identity cards, these papers enabled persecuted Jews to obtain food rations as well as avoid being arrested by the...
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Brandi Ermella
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Biviglia, Giuseppina Brandi, Ermella In September 1943, following its capitulation, Italy was occupied by Germany. Soon the man-hunt for Jews began. Many Jews were forced to flee their homes and look for shelter in unfamiliar places. One such place was the town of Assisi, in which there are no records of a Jewish community ever having existed. It was there, however, that the bishop, Monsignor Giuseppe Nicolini (recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1977) headed a rescue network that arranged shelters in some 26 monasteries and convents in and around Assisi. Many Jews were sheltered in...
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Biviglia Giuseppina
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Biviglia, Giuseppina Brandi, Ermella In September 1943, following its capitulation, Italy was occupied by Germany. Soon the man-hunt for Jews began. Many Jews were forced to flee their homes and look for shelter in unfamiliar places. One such place was the town of Assisi, in which there are no records of a Jewish community ever having existed. It was there, however, that the bishop, Monsignor Giuseppe Nicolini (recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1977) headed a rescue network that arranged shelters in some 26 monasteries and convents in and around Assisi. Many Jews were sheltered in...
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Vincenti Federico
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Vincenti, Don Federico Don Federico Vincenti, born in 1885, was the head of the Parochial House of the Church of Sant’Andrea in Porta Santa Susanna in Perugia. During the war, he also cooperated with the rescue network in Assisi. According to testimonies, he risked his life to save 32 persecuted Jews belonging to the families Corinaldi, Viterbi, Provenzal, Klugmann, and Fano among others. He was involved in harboring Jews, finding new hiding places, and transmitting vital information. The courage and benevolence of this small, thin man, were mentioned by Father Aldo Brunacci*, one of the central...
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Bartali Gino
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Gino Bartali Gino Bartali, born in Florence in 1914, was a champion road cyclist who won the Italian Giro d'Italia multistage race three times (in 1936, 1937, and 1946) and the Tour de France twice (in 1938 and 1948). Owing to his remarkable accomplishments in sports, he became a most popular and widely admired national hero. Bartali was a devout Catholic. According to his son, Andrea Bartali, Archbishop Elia Angelo Dalla Costa (recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 2012) had married his parents and maintained a close relationship with his father. Consequently, following the German...
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Photos used in the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
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