San Giovanni in Firenze in Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)

Enrica Calabresi

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 26, 2025

1. Enrica Calabresi Marker

Inscription. Qui abitava
Enrica Calabresi
Nata 1891
Arrestata Gen. 1944
Suicida 20.1.1944
Carcere Firenze
[English translation:]
Here lived
Enrica Calabresi
Born 1891
Arrested January 1944
Committed suicide on January 20, 1944, while imprisoned in Florence

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Science & Medicine • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 20, 1944.

Location. 43° 46.331′ N, 11° 15.472′ E. Marker is in Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), in Città Metropolitana di Firenze. It is in San Giovanni. It is on Via del Proconsolo south of Piazza del Duomo, on the left when traveling north. The marker is embedded into the sidewalk. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Via del Proconsolo 11, Firenze, Toscana 50122, 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

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the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Chiesa di Santa Maria in Campo / Church of Saint Mary in the Field (a few steps from this marker); Chiesa di Santa Margherita dei Cerchi / Church of Saint Margaret of the Cerchi (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Abramo Genazzini (about 120 meters away); Mario Melli Genazzini (about 120 meters away); Chiesa di Santa Margherita in Santa Maria dei Ricci (about 120 meters away); Elena Genazzani (about 120 meters away); Dante's Birthplace (about 150 meters away); Torre della Castagna / Chestnut Tower (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Firenze.

More about this marker. The marker is one of 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 died during the Holocaust.

Regarding Enrica Calabresi. Enrica Calabresi was born in Ferrara, about 150 kilometers north of Florence, the youngest of four children of a wealthy

Enrica Calabresi Marker at Via del Proconsolo 11 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 26, 2025

2. Enrica Calabresi Marker at Via del Proconsolo 11

Jewish family. She graduated in 1914 from the University of Florence with a natural sciences degree, and spent the rest of her life as a prominent zoologist and teacher. In 1938, Calabresi lost her teaching roles due to new racial laws in Italy, but rather than emigrate to Switzerland like much of her family, she stayed in Florence to teach Jewish students who had been expelled from public schools. Finally, in January 1944, Italian agents arrested Calabresi at her home and took her to prison. Rather than face deportation to Auschwitz, Calabresi swallowed poison that she had been carrying with her and died during the overnight hours of January 19-20, 1944.

Also see . . . Enrica Calabresi. A website from the University of Bologna dedicated to Italian women in science includes a biography (in Italian) for Enrica Calabresi, who committed suicide in 1944 after being arrested and facing deportation to Auschwitz. (Submitted on August 20, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Enrica Calabresi (1891-1944) image. Click for full size.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, circa 1936

3. Enrica Calabresi (1891-1944)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 20, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.