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...
On Thursday. October 10. 2013 at 11:00 Andrea Bartali will visit Yad Vashem. He is in Israel for the cycling event Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia taking place in
Yad Vashem has posthumously recognized Gino Bartali from Italy as Righteous Among the Nations. Bartali was a champion cyclist and a beloved public figure. During
On 2 May 2018 at 14:30. as part of the events leading up to the Giro d' Italia Big Start. Yad Vashem. the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. will host participants
On 2 May 2018. as part of the events leading up to the Giro d'Italia Big Start. Yad Vashem. the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. hosted participants of the
Negli anni ’60 Yad Vashem iniziò un progetto mondiale per assegnare il titolo di 'Giusti fra le Nazioni' ai non ebrei che rischiarono le loro vite per salvare
'We very much regret that we did not take steps until now to pay tribute to this good. simple and noble woman. Knowing that acting humanely in those times is being