A champion cyclist against the Nazis : the incredible life of Gino Bartali / Alberto Toscano.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2020Description: xviii, 165 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1526753391
- 9781526753397
- GV1051.B37 T6713 2020
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 796.62 BAR | Available | T00837905 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The amazing story of champion cyclist Gino Bartali and how he helped save the lives of 800 Jews during World War II.
Italy, 1943. Although allied with Hitler, there were those who refused to accept the fascist policies of racial discrimination and deportation. Among them was Gino Bartali.A champion cyclist, he won the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) three times and the Tour de France twice. But these weren't his only achievements. Deeply religious, Bartali never spoke about what he did during those dark years, when he agreed to work with the Resistance and pass messages from one end of the country to the other. Despite the dangers, Bartali used his training as a pretext to criss-cross Italy, hiding documents in the handlebars and saddle of his bicycle, all the while hoping that each time he was searched they wouldn't think to disassemble his machine.As a result of his bravery, 800 Jews -- including numerous children -- were saved from deportation. He died in Florence in 2000 and was recognized as one of the 'Righteous Among the Nations' in 2013. In this book, Alberto Toscano shares the incredible story of this great sportsman and recalls the dramatic moments in Italy and Europe in the twentieth century.
Translated from French.
Originally published in France as "Un Vélo contre la barbarie nazie. L'incroyable destin du champion Gino Bartali" by Alberto TOSCANO.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface - Gino the Just (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. xiii)
- 1 Italy: A Country that Pedals (p. 1)
- 2 The Small World of Ponte a Ema (p. 9)
- 3 Gino the Pious (p. 19)
- 4 Cycling, Fascism and Anti-fascism (p. 27)
- 5 The Tour de France (p. 37)
- 6 The Race Laws (p. 47)
- 7 Sport, War and Marriage (p. 61)
- 8 Secret Networks (p. 71)
- 9 Gino the Just (p. 85)
- 10 Gino the Old (p. 103)
- 11 Gino and Fausto (p. 119)
- 12 'I'm always chasing something!' (p. 137)
- Afterword (p. 151)
- Endnotes (p. 161)