Eugenio Calò
Military Officer, Deceased Person
1906 – 1944
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Who was Eugenio Calò?
Eugenio Calò is a national hero of Italy. Born in Pisa to an old Sephardi family, he was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour, Italy's highest honor for heroism. Eugenio Calò was an Italian partisan, second in command of the Pio Borri partisan division that fought the Germans in the Casentino mountains in Tuscany. As a Jewish victim of fascist Italy during the Second World War, Calò had lost his workshop, his home, and his family. Finally, at the age of 38, he was captured, tortured and murdered by the Germans.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1906
Pisa - Also known as
- Eugenio Calo
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 14, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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