Luciana Frassati Gawronska

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Luciana Frassati Gawronska
Luciana Frassati Gawronska
Born(1902-08-18)18 August 1902
Pollone, Italy
Died7 October 2007(2007-10-07) (aged 105)
Pollone, Italy
OccupationWriter

Luciana Frassati Gawronska (18 August 1902 – 7 October 2007) was an Italian

Roman Catholic causes.[1]

Early life

Luciana Frassati was born on 18 August 1902 in

Torino based newspaper, La Stampa, a well-known, daily newspaper. Her mother, Adélaïde Ametis, was a well known painter.[1]

Frassati's older brother was

sainthood, although this has not yet occurred.[2]

Frassati earned a law degree from the University of Turin.[3] She married Jan Gawroński in the spring of 1925. Gawronski was a diplomat and secretary to the Polish ambassador to Italy and the Vatican at the time.[1] Gawroński would later become the last Polish ambassador to Austria before the country's annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938.[3] The couple had six children: Jas, Alfredo, Wanda, Giovanna, Maria Grazia and Nella.[4] Her son, Jas Gawronski, is currently an Italian journalist, politician and former Member of the European Parliament.[5]

World War II

Luciana lived in a number of European countries with her husband, including Germany, Turkey, and Poland.[1] The couple moved to Austria in 1933, just as Adolf Hitler was taking power in neighboring Germany.[4] Jan Gawronski became the last ambassador of Poland to Austria before Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany in the 1938 Anschluss.[4]

Luciana and her family moved to

fall of Poland to the Germans in 1939. The Germans immediately began to round up Polish officials, intellectuals and others. Luciana's Italian citizenship (Italy was then ruled by Benito Mussolini, an ally of Hitler), and her relationship with prominent figures throughout Europe, afforded the family some protection from the Nazis.[4]

Frassati Gawronska acted to help Poland during World War II. With her Italian passport, which allowed her to move freely between Poland and Italy, she made seven separate trips throughout Europe's German Nazi held territories during the war, including to Warsaw, Kraków, Berlin and Rome.[4] Frassati Gawronska managed to smuggle rescued artwork and documents linking the Nazis to atrocities out of Poland at great personal risk.[4] She also distributed money to the Polish resistance.[4]

She also managed to rescue and move Polish families out of the country. Many, including entire families, were sent to relative safety in Italy.

University of Krakow.[4]

Honors

Luciana Frassati Gawronska received the

Wysokie Obcasy, joining other Polish and international figures.[3]

Death

Luciana Frassati Gawronska died on 7 October 2007, at the age of 105 at her home in Pollone, Italy.[4] Her funeral was held on 9 October 2007 at the Turin Cathedral.[4] She was buried in her family's tomb in the space once occupied by the coffin of her brother, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati,[4] whose remains have since been moved to the Turin Cathedral.

References

  1. ^
    Ansa Mediterranean. 2007-10-07. Archived from the original
    on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  2. ^ "Saints Resource". 04 JUL PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI. RCL Benziger. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Sinigaglia, Alberto (2007). "Luciana Frassati La signora del secolo scorso". La Stampa. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Luciana Frassati, La signora del secolo scorso". La Repubblica. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Jas Gawronski". Full List of Members of the European Parliament. European Parliament. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

External links

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