Boville Ernica
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Via Torrione dei Nobili, 2
03022 Boville Ernica
Province of Frosinone (Lazio)
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On March 6, 2017, on the occasion of the Day of the Righteous, the Garden of the Righteous at the Comprehensive Institute in Boville Ernica was inaugurated.
Every 6 March the students,teachers and the citizenship will celebrate the Day of the Righteous with a ceremony in order to "honor and commemorate the people who, at some point in their lives, when faced with injustice and persecution, were able to cut off a chain of evil through an unexpected action and an assumption of responsibility."
To each Righteous honored is dedicated an olive tree. The first Righteous is Giorgio Perlasca, who presented himself as Spanish Ambassador in Hungary, thus saving 5218 Jews.
The opening ceremony was attended by the students and teachers of the Comprehensive Institute. local authorities and citizenship.
People honoured in this Garden
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| Giorgio Perlasca presenting himself as spanish Ambassador in Hungary he saved 5218 Jews |
| Teresa Giovannucci and Pietro Antonini hid and helped Jeweish people, among which a three year old child |
| Costantino Baratta the bricklayer from Lampedusa who saved 12 Eritrean children during the massacre of 3 October |
| Gino Bartali the champion who saved Jews |
| Carlo Angela he rescued several people in the hospital where he worked |