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Apr 4, 2020 · Based on the true but fictionalized story of Pino Lella, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is set in Milan, Italy, and its countryside during the final two years of the Second World War. Pino is a young man caught up in his own dreams. While the war ravages all over Europe and took a toll of human lives, the city of Milan was calm and ...
Book Description: Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. 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 ...
Mrs. Napolitano is a Jewish woman Pino escorts to Switzerland. She is pregnant while making the trek to Switzerland and has a difficult time. Getting her to the Val di Lei is the biggest challenge Pino faces while living at Casa Alpina. Additionally, Mrs. Napolitano is a talented violin player, and she plays for Pino as he and Mimo return to ...
The story is based on events in the life of Pino Lella from June 1943 to May 1945. In Milan, 17-year-old Pino Lella knows that the Nazis are struggling to keep their hold on Italy, but all the teenager dreams about is getting a date. He approaches a young woman and asks her to meet him at the cinema later. She agrees and tells him her name is Anna.
Oct 14, 2021 · 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.
Aug 11, 2020 · Pino Lella, born 1926 in Milan, Italy. Pino was born to two loving parents who had a second son named Mimo. Pino grew up running the streets of the city, climbing and biking everywhere. during the summers as a child Pino and Mimo were sent to a missionary called Casa Alpina near lake Como. At the missionary Pino would study with other boys and ...
No evidence or testimony of Pino's or his brother Mimo's many remarkable feats on behest of the Allies, Italian resistance/partisans, or underground railroad for Jewish refugees seems to have survived outside of oral Lella family history. And even Pino’s own stories have changed dramatically from an interview he gave in 1985 to what we’re ...
