Eugenio Calò, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugenio Calò

Jewish Italian Partisan, Gold Medal of Honor, Died at the San-Pollo massacre 3 days before the liberation of Arrezo by the British 8th Army.

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1944

Profession: partisan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Eugenio Calò (July 2, 1906 – July 14, 1944) 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.