Piero Terracina
Piero Terracina | |
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Born | Rome, Italy | 12 November 1928
Died | 8 December 2019 Rome, Italy | (aged 91)
Language | Italian |
Nationality | Italian |
Piero Terracina (12 November 1928 – 8 December 2019) was an
He was one of the survivors of the
Biography
Early life
He was born in Rome into an Italian Jewish family, the last of the four children of Giovanni Terracina and Lidia Ascoli. In the autumn of 1938, due to the enactment of Fascist racial laws, Piero, like all Jewish students and teachers, was expelled from Italian public school. Terracina continued his studies in Jewish schools until the summer of 1943. Until the autumn of 1938, Italian Jews were in all considered Italians, inserted fully in the Italian economic and social activity. Unfortunately, under the pressure of German Nazism, Italian Fascism also had to align itself and proceed with the slowdowns of Jewish families. After escaping the catch of October 16, 1943, which took place throughout
Auschwitz
An inhuman travel by train to the
Soviet Union
Weighing only 38 kilos, he was taken by the Russians to a military hospital. He was later taken to the hospital in Lviv. Here he was treated and became aware of the horror suffered, of the inhuman violence of the Nazis. After some time he was sent to a sanatorium in the Black Sea. Here he returns to live. He thanks those who have cured and saved him and after a year he returns to Italy.
Testimony
Since 1980, he performed actions of testimony of the
Death
He died on 8 December, 2019 in Rome.[5] Three days earlier, the municipality of Campobasso had granted him honorary citizenship. He is buried in the Verano cemetery, next to Shlomo Venezia, who also survived Auschwitz.
References
- ^ "Ultimo saluto a Piero Terracina". scuolaememoria.it. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "PIERO TERRACINA". ucei.it. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Morto Piero Terracina, tra gli ultimi ebrei romani sopravvissuti ad Auschwitz". ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Terracina, Piero". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Morto Piero Terracina, tra gli ultimi ebrei romani sopravvissuti ad Auschwitz". ilmessaggero.it. ilmessaggero.it. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.