Photos: Memorial for Holocaust martyr unveiled

A bronze and granite monument of Holocaust martyr Giovanni Palatucci of Montella, Italy, is unveiled at the Holy Saviour Club on East Main Street on Sunday. Palatucci saved the lives of more than 5,000 Jews during WWII. Rebecca Savedow/Times Herald Staff
Claudio Sica stands with a bronze and granite monument that was unveiled of his uncle, Holocaust martyr Giovanni Palatucci of Montella, Italy, at the Holy Saviour Club on East Main Street on Sunday. Palatucci saved the lives of more than 5,000 Jews during WWII. Rebecca Savedow/Times Herald Staff
Giovanni Palatucci (far right) pictured as a young man with his family. Palatucci went on to save over 5,000 Jews during the holocaust in Italy. A monument of him was unveiled at the Holy Saviour Club on West Main Street on Sunday, May 29. Submitted photo
The mayor of Montella, Ferruccio Capone, speaks to the audience in Italian, offering words of gratitude. Rebecca Savedow/Times Herald Staff
Right: From left to right, President of the Holy Saviour Club Caesar Gambone, Montgomery County Sheriff Eileen Behr, Member of Holy Saviour Club Claudio Sica, Console Generale dÂ??Italia Luigi Scotto, State Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-6th District), Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor, Bishop Louis DeSimone and the mayor of Montella, Ferruccio Capone stand by the monument.

PUBLISHED: May 29, 2011 at 2:52 a.m. | UPDATED: September 24, 2021 at 1:20 a.m.

NORRISTOWN – Local officials unveiled a monument of Holocaust martyr Giovanni Palatucci at the Holy Saviour Club Sunday afternoon for his heroism in saving more than 5,000 Jews.

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