Category Archives: Comunità ebrea

Iris Origo’s Diaries

Posted on March 5, 2020 by babbityjean

It is said that the best diaries of the second world war were written by women.  They sensed that they were living through a crucial time in history, and they felt the duty to record it.  In fact, War in … Continue reading →

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Tre medici e un ospedale: Così una malattia salvò gli Ebrei durante il seconda guerra mondiale

Posted on October 4, 2019 by babbityjean

Era il 16 ottobre 1943, poco dopo le 5.00 del mattino.  Di turno nell’Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, sull’isola Tiberina a Roma, c’erano Giovanni Borromeo, il primario, Vittorio Sacerdoti, un giovane medico praticante ed Adriano Ossicini, uno studente di medicina.  Dal vicino Ghetto … Continue reading →

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3 Doctors and a Hospital:  How a disease saved Jews during WWII

Posted on October 4, 2019 by babbityjean

It was October 16, 1943, shortly after 5:00 a.m.  On duty at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital, on the Tiber Island in Rome, were Giovanni Borromeo, the head physician, Vittorio Sacerdoti, a young practicing physician, and Adriano Ossicini, a medical student.  From … Continue reading →

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