Category Archives: Foto

The Italian Baseball League

As an avid baseball fan, I was not surprised to learn that the Chicago Cubs had recruited this year a Dominican player named Robel Garcia.  After all, many baseball players come from Caribbean islands.  But I was stunned to learn … Continue reading →

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

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

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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