Italian diplomat Gastone Guidotti on board the SS Saturnia with is wife.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 45675

Date: 1950 - 1959
Photo Designation: RESCUE MISSIONS -- Diplomatic Rescue -- Other Diplomatic Rescuers -- Guidotti
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eric Saul

Biography: Gastone Guidotti, secretary at the Italian legation in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1936-1940, who issued Italian passports to Jewish refugees. Guidotti undertook this action after the Italian foreign ministry had turned down numerous applications by Jewish refugees. His acts of disobedience were never discovered by the Italian authorities.

[Source: Saul, Eric. "Visas for Life" exhibition, February, 2000]
Keyword: AMBASSADORS/DIPLOMATS/ENVOYS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GUIDOTTI, GASTONE
ITALIANS
RESCUERS/RESCUE
RESCUERS/RESCUE (DIPLOMATIC)
Photo Source: Eric Saul

Copyright: Agency Agreement (No Fees)

Provenance: Gastone Guidotti

Source Record ID: File 41
: Record last modified: 2003-10-03 00:00:00
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