Do you per chance recognize this story?
Do you think it may be possible to identify this group of Italian
survivors of World Was 2? We have no names - and only an approximate
date when they will have left Italy
A Italian man named Pietro Gardenal (1909-1983) was in America during
the 2nd World War, having been taken prisoner there at the start of
the war, because he had fought in WWI and was still considered part
of the Italian army.
Pietro Gardenal's wife Anna Belot who had stayed in Italy to care
for her three children, wanted to help the Italian Resistance, and
took in a Jewish family, a Polish soldier, and a Russian man. Anna
had been introduced to them by a captain in the Italian army named
Giovanni De Giusti, who was active in the Italian Resistance.
The house where they lived was in Via San Felice, in the town of San
Vendemiano, about 20 kilometers north of Treviso in northern Italy.
Those hiding there stayed in a barn during the day, coming out only
at night. On May 1, 1945, the day before the war ended, the Jewish
family left for Sicily, with the plan to travel on from there to America.
Which American and Canadian Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
were assisting survivors in Italy to reach the USA?
Where else other than Jewishgen can I direct this email?
Many thanks
David Lewin
London
