Santa Maria Novella in Firenze in Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)

Affortunata Servi

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025

1. Affortunata Servi Marker

Inscription. Qui abitava
Affortunata Servi
Nata 1881
Arrestata 26.11.1943
Deportata
Auschwitz
Assassinata 11.12.1943
[English translation:]
Here lived
Affortunata Servi
Born 1881
Arrested November 26, 1943
Deported
Auschwitz
Murdered December 11, 1943

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 11, 1943.

Location. 43° 46.402′ N, 11° 14.827′ E. Marker is in Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), in Città Metropolitana di Firenze. It is in Santa Maria Novella. It is on Via Palazzuolo 0.1 kilometers west of Via del Porcellana. The marker is embedded into the sidewalk. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via Palazzuolo 25, Firenze, Toscana 50123, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Schengen Area,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire,

the Roman Empire,

and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Irma Servi (here, next to this marker); Piazza Ognissanti (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); Croce al Trebbio / Cross to the Three Roads (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Museo Marino Marini (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Ponte alla Carraia (approx. 0.3 kilometers

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away); Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore / Church of Saint Mary Major (approx. half a kilometer away); Chiesa di Santa Trinita / Church of the Holy Trinity (approx. half a kilometer away); James Russell Lowell (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Firenze.

More about this marker. The two related markers are among the many placed in sidewalks in Florence as part of the "Stumbling Stone" (German: stolpersteine) project, a multi-city effort to remember local Holocaust victims.

About 7,500 Italian Jews are believed to have been murdered in the Holocaust.

Regarding Affortunata Servi. Affortunata and her sister Irma are memorialized with the two stumbling stones at this location. Affortunata was born in Pitigliano, about 190 kilometers south of Florence, two years before Irma. She died at Auschwitz about two weeks following her arrest.

Also see . . .
1. Stumbling Stones Placed to Remember Florence's Holocaust Victims.

Excerpt: "The stumbling stones are located throughout the city in front of the homes of the departed; the 'stolperstein'
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025

2. Affortunata Servi Marker
The markers are in the sidewalk in front of the home.
were originally created and named by the German artist, Gunter Demnig, who envisioned a unique way to pay tribute to those lost to the horrific genocide."

(Submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

2. Affortunata Servi. The Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporane (translated: Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center) has this listing for Affortunata Servi. (Submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Affortunata and Irma Servi markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025

3. Affortunata and Irma Servi markers

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.