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May 3, 2018 · Pino Lella was a teenager in Milan during World War II who helped Jews escape from Italy to Switzerland. His son Michael Lella shares his father's role in the fall of fascism and the bestselling book Beneath a Scarlet Sky.
Pino Lella. Giuseppe „Pino“ Lella (* June 1 1926 in Milano) is an Italian motorist and contemporary witness of the final phase of World War II. He was the driver of General Hans Leyers and at the same time spy for the Alliance. In April 1945, he delivered Leyers to the Fifth United States Army and then became the driver of Major Frank ...
Mar 31, 2018 · It was the summer of 1943 and Lella, then 17 years old, was sitting next his brother, Mimmo, at a movie theater in his native Milan watching the cinematic duo twirl across the screen. For a brief moment, the war that had engulfed Europe and Nazi-occupied Italy was extinguished by pure Hollywood escapism. Then reality came crashing down.
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Apr 27, 2021 · This web page discusses the controversy over the historical accuracy of Mark Sullivan's novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, based on the life of Pino Lella, an Italian hero during World War II. It does not contain any information about Pino Lella's death or obituary.
A spy for the Allies and a participant in the underground railroad that protected Italy’s Jews during World War II, Giuseppe “Pino” Lella considered himself a coward until an American author persuaded him to share his story with the world. The war came to Giuseppe “Pino” Lella right as he watched Fred Astaire dance with Ginger Rogers.
WW II freedom fighter Pino Lella. The war came to Giuseppe “Pino” Lella right as he watched Fred Astaire dance with Ginger Rogers. It was the summer of 1943 and Lella, then 17 years old, was sitting next his brother, Mimmo, at a movie theater in his native Milan watching the cinematic duo twirl across the screen. For a brief moment, the war ...
Nov 30, 2017 · Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six ...
