Pietro Ferraro
Pietro Ferraro (24 June 1908 – 1974) was an Italian partisan and industrialist, who was awarded the gold Medal of Military Valor.
Biography[edit]
Ferraro was born in Venice. As an executive for an armament company, he was exempted from Italian military service. After the conclusion of the Armistice of Cassibile, Ferraro was put in contact with the OSS by the Italian socialist Pietro Nenni. In July of 1944, he parachutes into the German occupied area of Veneto where he started a network of four radio transmitters. This allows the Allied forces to coordinate movements with the Venetian Resistance. The operation code name is Margot Hollis.[1]
Post-war[edit]
After the Italian liberation, Ferraro returns to his career as an industrialist and executive. He owned and operated mining companies in the Dolomites, the San Giusto cotton mill in Trieste, and the Timavo paper mill in Duino.[2] He was also a gentleman racer and loyal Ferrari client who competed under the pseudonym "Ipocrate" in the 1960s.[3] He raced in some world renowned long distance races such as the 1962 Nürburgring 1000km and the 1962 Targa Florio. The latter of which he came in first for the GT class and fourth overall with former Formula One driver Giorgio Scarlatti as his co-pilot while racing a Ferrari 250 GTO.[4] He died in Rome.
Military Honors[edit]
| Medaglia d'oro al valor militare | |
| "Tra i primi organizzatori della resistenza armata contro il tedesco invasore, attraversava le linee di combattimento per collegarsi col Comando alleato in Italia. Successivamente, aviolanciato in territorio occupato per un'importante missione, si poneva animosamente al lavoro, affrontando continui rischi, trasfondendo nei collaboratori il più elevato spirito di sacrificio e mettendo in funzione una complessa organizzazione che abbracciava l’intera regione veneta. Accanitamente ricercato dal nemico, persisteva fino alla liberazione nella sua opera attiva, decisa e coraggiosa, infliggendo duri colpi al nemico nelle sue retrovie e disorganizzandone a più riprese l’efficienza. Nella fase finale, in collaborazione con formazioni di patrioti, otteneva dal Comando tedesco di Venezia che la città e il porto venissero lasciati intatti. Concludeva così, attraverso rischi di ogni sorta, l’importante missione affidatagli, portando un grande contributo alla liberazione del Veneto.[5]." — Veneto, luglio 1944- maggio 1945. |
Citation for Ferraro's Gold Medal of Military Valour:
"One of the first leaders of the armed resistance against German occupation, he crossed the frontlines to connect with the allied command in liberated Italy. Subsequently, he parachuted back into occupied territory for an important mission. He worked eagerly, facing continuous risks, instilling the highest spirit of sacrifice in his comrades and putting into operation a complex organization that operated across the entire Veneto region. Fiercely sought after by the enemy, he persisted until liberation in his active, decisive, and courageous work, inflicting severe blows to the enemy's rear guard and hampering its efficiency several times. In the final weeks of the Italian campaign, in collaboration with partisan groups, he obtained the liberation of Venice and its port from the German command. Through risks of all kinds, the important mission entrusted to him, he made a great contribution to the liberation of Veneto.[6]" - July 1944 - May 1945.
Note[edit]
- ↑ [1] Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Istituto veneto della storia della resistenza - scheda - visto 9 March 2009
- ↑ https://www.openstarts.units.it/bitstream/10077/15736/1/Futuribili_22_Gasparini_01.pdf;Pietro
- ↑ Boe, Alan (June 1996). "The Story of the 1961 Competition Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta". Prancing Horse. 119: 30.
- ↑ "Targa Florio 1962 (Race Results)". Racing Sports Cars. 6 May 1962. Retrieved 9 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ [2] Quirinale - scheda - visto 9 March 2009
- ↑ https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/14334
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- [3] Anpi - scheda - visto 9 March 2009
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