Santa Maria Novella in Firenze in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Irma Servi
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025
1. Irma Servi Marker
Irma Servi
Nata 1883
Arrestata 26.11.1943
Deportata
Auschwitz
Assassinata 11.12.1943
[English translation:]
Irma Servi
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° 46.406′ N, 11° 14.825′ E. Marker is in Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), in Cittΰ 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: Affortunata Servi (here, next to this marker); Piazza Ognissanti (about 210 meters away, measured in a direct line); Croce al Trebbio / Cross to the Three Roads
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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 Irma Servi. Irma and her sister Affortunata are memorialized with the two stumbling stones at this location. Irma was born in Pitigliano,
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025
2. Irma Servi Marker
The two markers are embedded into the sidewalk in front of the home.
Also see . . . Irma Servi. The Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporane (translated: Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center) has this listing for Irma Servi. Although the marker has her death date as December 12, 1943, this listing has no date for her death, which occurred at Auschwitz. However, her sister's listing does have December 12 as her date of death. (Submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 25, 2025
3. Irma Servi Marker
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 75 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
