SPECIAL GUESTS
Elizabeth Bettina 
Consulting Producer of “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes”
and Author of “It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories of How the People
of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust”

 David Waren

Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Education Division

Would you risk your life to save a stranger and never talk about it?

“My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes” tells the story of sports idol Gino Bartali and other courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews, partisans and refugees from Nazi-occupied Italy. Gino Bartali is a sports legend; but his most daring triumph came when he risked his life over and over to save Jews threatened by Nazi extermination. The story of Bartali and the secret network he worked with stands in for the stories of thousands of Italians who risked their lives to save others from capture and death. As an entire continent was engulfed in a genocide which took the lives of most Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe (nearly 6 million people), more than 80 percent of Italy’s Jews survived. Bartali, like most of the rescuers, never sought recognition or reward. Few of those he helped knew his name or what role he played in their rescue.

In collaboration with the New York Region of the Anti-Defamation League and the Italian American Forum, Morgan Stanley is proud to host the screenwriters and producers, as well as Holocaust survivors from Italy to  share an important story of what happens when good people stand up to the face of evil. To read more about our special guests and sponsors, click here.

 HOSTED BY

Terri Ferri
Senior Vice President
Branch Manager – Purchase
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

SPONSOR

Morgan Stanley

AWARENESS PARTNERS

Anti-Defamation League – New York Region
Italian American Forum
Italy and the Holocaust, Inc.

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