Pellegrino Ghigi
Pellegrino Ghigi (born November 29, 1899 in Ravenna ; † 1995 ) was an Italian diplomat .
Life
Pellegrino Ghigi received his doctorate in law from the University of Bologna in 1921 . He entered the foreign service in 1924, and from 1926 to 1932 he was employed by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Dino Grandi . In July 1932 he was appointed envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire and was consul general in the international zone of Tangier until July 1935 . From July 1935 to June 1936 he was the Italian ambassador in Cairo in the Kingdom of Egypt in Fu'ad I. From October 27 1937 to 1938 he was chargé d'affaires in Vienna and reported Galeazzo Ciano as Aldus from visiting Kurt Schuschnigg on the 11 February 1938 the Obersalzberg . From 1938 to 1941 he was envoy in Bucharest . From May 6, 1941 to September 1943, he was authorized representative in Athens . After the occupation he reported to Galeazzo Ciano on October 2, 1941: "The conditions in Greece are always miserable enough to be cause for concern". He saved 329 Jews from Thessaloniki , including 48 with Italian citizenship.
On November 15, 1945, after the fighting in Greece passed from the German troops against the Democratic Army of Greece to the Greek Army , he was taken into custody. The Greek authorities are investigating crimes against humanity. The De Gasperi V cabinet threatened to withhold reparations payments from the Themistoklis Sofoulis government if an Italian were convicted, with the result that Italian troops in Greece did not commit war crimes.
From July 27, 1958 to May 5, 1961 he was ambassador to Francisco Franco .
literature
- Friedrich Christof: pacification in the Danube region. The Second Vienna Arbitration Award and German-Hungarian diplomatic relations 1939–1942 . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Christof: Friedification in the Danube Region , 1998, p. 204
- ^ Austria. Council of Ministers, Rudolf Neck, Adam Wandruszka, Isabella Ackerl, Protocols of the Council of Ministers of the First Republic, 1918–1938, Volume 9, Part 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei, 1980–644 p . 270
- ↑ olokaustos, L'Olocausto in Grecia - 7 ; Edited by Michael Robert Marrus, The Nazi Holocaust. Part 5: Public Opinion and Relations to the Jews in Nazi Europe, p. 760
- ↑ Davide Conti, Criminali di guerra italiani: accuse, processi e impunità nel secondo dopoguerra, 2011, p. 28
- ↑ Susanne C. Knittel, Unheimliche Geschichte: Grafeneck, Triest and the politics of the Holocaust, Grafeneck, Triest and the politics of Holocaust remembrance, p. 199
- ↑ Pellegrino Ghigi in the online version of the Edition Files of the Reich Chancellery. Weimar Republic
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Domenico de Facendis | Italian Consul General in Tangier July 1932 – July 1935 |
Mario Badoglio |
| Emilio Pagliano |
Italian envoy in Cairo July 1935–1936 |
Serafino Mazzolini |
| Francesco Salata |
Italian charge d'affaires in Vienna 1937–1938 |
Enrico Anzilotti |
| Antonio Paternò Castello di San Giuliano |
Italian envoy in Bucharest 1938–1941 |
Giacomo de Martino |
| Emanuele Grazzi |
Italian representative in Athens 1941–1943 |
1946: Andrea Barigiani, Addetto Commerciale 1948: Roberto Tarchiani Ricotti Sidney Prina |
| Giulio del Balzo di Presenzano |
Italian ambassador in Madrid 1958–1961 |
Cristoforo Fracassi Ratti Mentone di Torre Rossano |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghigi, Pellegrino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravenna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |