Obj. ID: 54831 Memorial to Anti-Fascist Roman Railway Workers in Rome, Italy, 2013
Name of Monument
Memorial to Anti-Fascist Roman Railway Workers
What/Who is commemorated?
Railway workers who helped Jews escape
Description
A large, inscribed marble plaque is affixed to a wall facing Track #1 at the Roma Tiburtina train station.
Several other plaques commemorating anti-fascist railroad workers, and a large plaque commemorating the Jews deported from the station are on the wall nearby.
Inscriptions
AI FERROVIERI
ELIO BERNABEI ( MONTEPULCIANO 29-10-1907)
MICHELE BOLGIA (ROME 14-3-1894)
MEDAGLIA D'ORO AL MERITO CIVIL 16-7-2010
ARMANDO BUSSI (MODENA 17-12-1896)
MEDAGLIA D'ORO AL VALORE MILITARE 1944
MARIO D'ANDREA (ROMA 1-22-1912)
RENZO PIASCO (ROME 13-6-1925)
GOFFREDO ROMAGNOLI (ROMA 5.1-1925)
CHE VOLLERO OPPORSI
ALL INVASORE NAZISTA IN OGNI MODO,
APRIRONO I CARRI PER FAR FUGGIRE I DEPORTATI,
SALVANDOLI DAI CAMPI DI STERMINIO,
SABOTARONO MEZZI E IMPIANTI,
SI ARRUOLARONO CON I PARTIGIANI.
MORIRONO IL 24 MARZO 1944 ALLE FOSSE ARDEATINE
PER AVERE COMBATTUTO IL FASCISMO,
IN NOME DI UN ITALIA LIBERA,
DEMOCRATICA E SOLIDALE.
16 OTTOBRE 2013 DOPOLAVORO FERROVIARIO DI ROMA
Translation: To the railwayman Elio Bernabei (Montepulciano 10-29-1907), Michele Bolgia (Rome 14-3-1894) Gold Medal for Civil Merit 16-7-2010, Armando Bussi (Modena 12-17-1896) Gold Medal for Military Valor 1944, Mario d'Andrea (Rome 1-22-1912), Renzo Piasco (Rome 13-6-1925), Goffredo Romagnoli (Rome 5.1-1925), who wanted to oppose the Nazi invader in every way, and opened the train wagons to allow deportees to escape, saving them from the extermination camps. They sabotaged vehicles and systems, they enrolled with the partisans. They died on March 24, 1944 at the Ardeatine Cave fighting fascism in the name of a free, democratic and united Italy. / October 16, 2013. Rome Railway Afterwork Association
Commissioned by
Dopolavoro Ferroviario di Roma
2 image(s)
160 (?) cm high
The large plaque was installed in 2013 on the first platform at the Tiburtina train station, from where Roman Jews rounded up in on 18 October 1943 were deported to Auschwitz. Michele Bolgia and other railwaymen broke open some wagons to allow some Jews to escape. They also delivered messages from the deportees to their families. These men were later arrested and executed by the Germans at the Ardeatine Caves.
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“Michele Bolgia (1894 - 1944), il ferroviere che salvò centinaia di deportati spiombando i vagoni dei treni per Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Gariwo la foresta dei Guisti website., https://it-gariwo-net.translate.goog/giusti/shoah-e-nazismo/michele-bolgia-24921.html?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc (accessed July 14, 2024)
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