Elena Ovazza (F / Italy, 1928-1943), Holocaust victim
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Elena Ovazza (F / Italy, 1928-1943), Holocaust victim.
- One the youngest victims of the Lake Maggiore Massacres.
- KEYWORDS -- <Lake Maggiore Massacres>
Biography
Elena Ovazza, the daughter of Ettore Ovazza and Nella Sacerdote, was born November 19, 1928 in Turin, Italy. She was arrestata at Gressoney, Aosta. Detained at Intra, she was one of the youngest victims of the Lake Maggiore Massacres, when members of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler murdered at least 57 Jews (predominantly Italian and Greek) in Sept-Oct 1943. Elena perished with her entire family: father, mother, and brother Ettore (b.1923).