Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Giovanni Palatucci.
The record lists Giovanni Palatucci as police official from Italy (1909-1945).
Giovanni Palatucci was born at Montella in 1909. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Italy. He was educated at University of Turin.
By occupation Giovanni Palatucci was police officer - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
The people honoured as Righteous Among the Nations were overwhelmingly ordinary; what distinguished them was that they acted while their neighbours did not.
Recognition: Righteous Among the Nations (1990).
Giovanni Palatucci died in 1945, aged 36. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1990
- Worked as police officer
- Educated at University of Turin
