50 Jews, were sheltered in the French Seminary, St. Chiara Street, Rome, behind the Pantheon. The French Seminary hosted Jewish refugees, despite danger of Nazi persecution. In the archive is a list of 50 Jewish names, which found a home at the darkest time of the Holocaust -Antonini, Berger, Montbillard, Ortolani, Properti, Rosenzweig, Sacerdoti, Schimel, Toscano, Schwarz... families with their children. Gilda Sabatello sent a letter in 2007, expressing her heartfelt thanks for the kindness & hospitality given to her husband & cousin in the French Seminary during the time of the Holocaust. Not only behind the Pantheon, but also in other religious & private locations in Rome many Jewish people found a home, preventing them in many cases from being sent to Auschwitz.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:59:38 +0000
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