A group of young men and children stand outside the synagogue in Rome.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44111

Date: 1941
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

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.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
EXTERIORS
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (ITALIAN)
SYNAGOGUES/CHAPELS
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Giacomo DiPorto
: Record last modified: 2003-10-21 00:00:00
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