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Three young men walk down a street in Rome.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44110
Three young men walk down a street in Rome. Pictured are Di Tivoli, Giuseppe Di Porto and Isacco Bonnino.

Three young men walk down a street in Rome.

Pictured are Di Tivoli, Giuseppe Di Porto and Isacco Bonnino.

Date
1942
Locale
Rome, [Latium; Roma] Italy
Variant Locale
Roma
Photo Designation
NAZI SATELLITE STATES -- Italy/The Vatican -- JEWS -- Daily Life/Families/Weddings
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Giacomo DiPorto

About This Photograph

Biography
Giuseppe DiPorto was born on March 6, 1923. He grew up in an assimilated Jewish family im Rome and had five siblings all of whom survived: Angelo, Vitale, Eleonore, Elena and Emma. He was a textile salesman who lived in Rome. In 1943 Giuseppe was arrested in Genoa when he went there on business. He and a cousin were first held in a prison in Genoa and then sent by train to Auschwitz. Giuseppe escaped from a death march following the evacuation of Auschwitz. He was found by Soviet troops. They cared for him for a few weeks, and then Giuseppe worked for them prior to returning home to Rome.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Giacomo DiPorto
 
Record last modified: 2002-07-25 00:00:00
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