Renzo Ravenna
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Renzo Ravenna was an Italian lawyer and politician. He belonged to a prominent Jewish family in Ferrara and was, with Enrico Paolo Salem in Trieste, one of only two Fascist mayors of Jewish origin in
The six Ravenna siblings in 1908. Standing, back, from left: Renzo (1893–1961), Gino (1889 – Auschwitz 1944), Alba (1891 – Auschwitz 1944); foreground: Margherita (1885 – Auschwitz 1944), Lina (1896–1970) and Bianca (1886–1944).
Ariostea Square in Ferrara. The Ravenna family moved to a house on Corso Porta Mare across from it in 1898, after having lived in Via Vittoria in the ghetto for generations.
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Epigraph commemorating Cesare Battisti's speech in Ferrara, November 27, 1914. Inviting the Trentino irredentist was the then 21-year-old Renzo Ravenna, future mayor of the city.
Vittorio Cini
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Vittorio Cini, Conte di Monselice was an Italian industrialist and politician, Senator from 1934 to 1943 and minister of communications of the Kingdom of Italy from February to July 1943. He was among
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…housing, thus helping them financially. During his stay in Lausanne, he forged and strengthened relationships with many exiles, such as Luigi Preti, Vittorio Cini and Giuseppe Volpi, a former finance minister. He collaborated with Raffaele Cantoni and Angelo Donati, prominent figures in the Jewish world in Italy…
Vittorio Cini 1934