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Old 01-27-20 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Barrettscv
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance day I would like to emphasize the great humanity of Gino Bartali who used his notoriety to save human lives. In Agreement with Italian resistance, Bartali became a courier of travel documents printed in Florence and by cycling thousands of kilometers to deliver photographs and counterfeit documents that would be served to Jews to escape the Nazis. He put his life on the line to save strangers from Fascism.
Great cyclist and great man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Bartali


If only he were here today, we might be in less of a predicament than we seem to be.
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