![An Italian Jew who survived the war by disguising himself as a priest and living in the Vatican from October 1943 to June 1944. [LCID: 43179]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/78ae0579-43a3-4d85-af25-51c0ff55f729.jpg)
An Italian Jew who survived the war by disguising himself as a priest and living in the Vatican from October 1943 to June 1944. A number of Jews were able to seek refuge in religious houses throughout Rome, including in the Vatican. Rome, Italy, 1943-1944.
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