Italian Holocaust Survivors Remember

Graziella Colonna Osimo

Graziella Colonna Osimo, © 2010 Jeff Goodman

While teenagers, Graziella Colonna Osimo and her sister were carefully watched over by their family as German soldiers entered Italy and the situation grew dangerous.  The sisters escaped to Switzerland, where Graziella worked for a time as a domestic in the home of a Swiss family.  Although the war changed her belief in God, she continues to observe Jewish cultural practices with her extended family.