us-005578-irn523831
biographical history: Giovanni Palatucci (1909-1945) was born in Montella, Italy, in Avellino province. He became a police officer in 1937 and was transferred from Genoa to Fiume. He headed the office for foreigners at the local police headquarters in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), where he aided Jewish refugees by issuing residence and transit permits, delaying internment orders, and directing refugees clandestinely by sea to Bari. He was arrested by the Gestapo on September 13, 1944, imprisoned and tortured in Trieste, and deported to Dachau, where he died on February 10, 1945. In 1955, he was posthumously awarded a gold medal from the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, and he was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1990.
title: Giovanni Palatucci collection
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn523831/alternateIDs/1
has record set type: Item
scope and content: Collection consists of four vintage photographs and one document relating to Giovanni Palatucci [donor's maternal uncle].
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn523831/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn523831
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
record resource extent: folder 1