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May 3, 2018 · May 3, 2018. From Left to Right: Pino Lella, Luigi Manzione, Lawrence Reed—northern Italy, April 2018. Pino, who turned 92 in June 2018, is the subject of the terrific bestseller by Mark Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. His son Michael tells the story here.
Oct 14, 2021 · World War II resistance fighter Giuseppe Lella. 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.
Sep 27, 2018 · PROVIDENCE — As an Italian teenager during World War II, Pino Lella rescued countless lives from the Nazis. As an elderly man with an incredible story to tell, Lella saved the life of Mark Sullivan, a former journalist and author who hit rock bottom in 2006.
Fascinated, Sullivan placed a call to the man, Pino Lella, in Milan. “I understand you’re an unsung hero,” Sullivan said. Mark Sullivan, left, and Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Lella. “I no hero. I’m more of a coward,” Lella replied. Sullivan flew to Italy to interview Lella and the pair collaborated on the resulting book for ten years.
Tuesday August 29 2017, 12.01am, The Times. Hitler Youth recruits in Rome. The life of Pino Lella, who smuggled Jews out of Italy after joining the underground aged 17, is to be made into a...
Jun 13, 2018 · Sullivan lives in Bozeman and was astounded by Pino’s story, and astonished to find that he was still alive, living in Italy after many years in the U.S. Reluctant at first, Lella agreed to be ...
Oct 16, 2017 · Pino Lella, Teenage Spy. Please join us for an exclusive best-selling author book talk on Beneath A Scarlet Sky, the story of Italian teen and Jewish rescuer Pino Lella and soon to be a motion picture starring Tom Holland.
