Giovanni Palatucci collection

Identifier
irn523831
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.408.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523831

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Giovanni Palatucci

Biographical History

Giovanni Palatucci (1909-1945) was born in Montella, Italy, in Avellino province. He became a police officer in 1937 and was transferred from Genoa to Fiume. He headed the office for foreigners at the local police headquarters in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), where he aided Jewish refugees by issuing residence and transit permits, delaying internment orders, and directing refugees clandestinely by sea to Bari. He was arrested by the Gestapo on September 13, 1944, imprisoned and tortured in Trieste, and deported to Dachau, where he died on February 10, 1945. In 1955, he was posthumously awarded a gold medal from the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, and he was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations in 1990.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Clotilde F. Kalinski

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Clotilde F. Kaliski.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of four vintage photographs and one document relating to Giovanni Palatucci [donor's maternal uncle].

Subjects

  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
  • Rijeka (Croatia)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.