Leopoldo Faretra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leopoldo Faretra

Italian physician

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1908

Place of Birth: Grottaminarda, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 25-May-2001

Profession: physician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Leopoldo Faretra

  • Leopoldo Faretra (Grottaminarda, 1 February 1908 – Passo Eclano, 25 May 2001) was an Italian physician.
  • He devoted his life to those in need of care and was strongly opposed to his political ideals.
  • From 2 November 1943 to 13 April 1945 directed the Infirmary in Italian concentration camp in Hemer, in the northwest of Germany, in which he worked a resistance unarmed, allowing them to escape the German heavy work in the hundreds of Italians.
  • On 3 September 1944, Faretra was reported to the Gestapo for propagating anti-German propaganda and to have caused the failure of the request for voluntary cooperation by the Germans advanced to the Italian military infirmary run by him.
  • After his death, 16 March 2010 he was awarded the Medal of Honor due to him as an Italian citizen deported to a concentration camp Nazi.

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