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Giovanni Palatucci

1909 - 1945

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Giovanni Palatucci (31 May 1909 – 10 February 1945) was an Italian police official who was long believed to have saved thousands of Jews in Fiume between 1939 and 1944 (current Rijeka in Croatia) from being deported to Nazi extermination camps. In 2013 a research panel of historians led by the Centro Primo Levi reviewed almost 700 documents and concluded that Palatucci had followed Italian Social Republic and German orders concerning the Jews and enabling the deportation of the majority of the 570 Jews living in Fiume and surrounding areas, 412 of whom were deported to Auschwitz, a higher percentage than in any Italian city. The matter is currently the topic of scholarly debate. A national commission of historians recommended by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milan, the Italian Ministry of the Interior and the Centro Primo Levi NY is conducting a comprehensive review of the documents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Palatucci is the 15,715th most popular politician (down from 15,275th in 2019), the 3,852nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,797th in 2019) and the 867th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Giovanni Palatucci ranks 15,715 out of 19,576. Before him are Chris Sununu, Paavo Väyrynen, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, George Voinovich, Supachai Panitchpakdi, and Isamu Sonoda. After him are Lyudmila Narusova, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Said Mohamed Jaffar, Věra Jourová, Gayatri Devi, and Peter Hardeman Burnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Giovanni Palatucci ranks 330. Before him are Sabir Yunusov, Octacílio, Giuseppe Viani, Zellig Harris, Roberto Battaglia, and Katherine Dunham. After him are Ken Uehara, Bill Carr, Paul A. Baran, Petras Cvirka, Carla Laemmle, and Federico Wilde. Among people deceased in 1945, Giovanni Palatucci ranks 321. Before him are Janko Jesenský, Xian Xinghai, Klaus Junge, Blind Willie Johnson, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, and Frederick Hovey. After him are Johannes Block, Boris Galerkin, El-Registan, Rudolf Lippert, Pietro Speciale, and John R. Commons.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Palatucci ranks 3,853 out of 5,161. Before him are Andy Selva (1976), Maria Cosway (1760), Marco Cimatti (1913), Gianni De Michelis (1940), Ennio de Giorgi (1928), and Edoardo Sanguineti (1930). After him are Ben Vautier (1935), Corrado Segre (1863), Francesco Guidolin (1955), Augusto Paolo Lojudice (1964), Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936), and Roberto Ferrari (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Giovanni Palatucci ranks 867. Before him are Francesco Cornaro (1585), Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela (1781), Franco Comotti (1906), Vittorio Sgarbi (1952), Roberto Regazzi (1956), and Gianni De Michelis (1940). After him are Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936), Antonio Martino (1942), Eugenio Scalfari (1924), Cesare Merzagora (1898), Manuela Di Centa (1963), and Franco Frattini (1957).

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