Elio Morpurgo

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Portrait of Elio Morpurgo

Elio Morpurgo (10 October 1858 – 29 March 1944) was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies, and mayor of Udine.

Biography

Between 1889 and 1894 Morpurgo was

Jew, even though he had joined the National Fascist Party. In the same year he was forced to board a train to the Auschwitz concentration camp
, but he died during the journey.

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