Synopsis:Isabella Rossellini narrates this remarkable story of an Italian resistance movement that helped save much of the country’s Jewish population during the Shoah. Among the figures spotlighted is Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali, who used the frame of his bicycle to smuggle fake identity papers for Jews who were being sheltered in monasteries.
Included, too, is the remarkable story of physician Giovanni Borromeo, who invented a fictitious disease to defend the Rome hospital where he was hiding Jews. These inspiring acts are recounted by descendants of rescuers and survivors. as well as those who escaped the concentration camps as children.