Vinci in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Gino Giacomelli
Gino Giacomelli
Nato 1904
Arrestato 8.3.1944
Deportato
Mauthausen
Deceduto 15.5.1945
Bad Ischl
[English translation:]
Gino Giacomelli
Born 1904
Arrested March 8, 1944
Deported to Mauthausen
Died May 15, 1945
Bad Ischl
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 March 8, 1944.
Location. 43° 47.212′ N, 10° 55.587′ E. Marker is in Vinci, Toscana (Tuscany), in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze. It is at the intersection of Piazza Leonardo da Vinci and Via Montalbano, on the right when traveling south on Piazza Leonardo da Vinci. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 1, Vinci, Toscana 50059, 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: Spartaco Fedi (here, next to this marker); Bruno Domenichini (here, next to this marker); Francesco Domenichini (here, next to this marker); Vinicio Lorenzini (here, next to this marker); Renzo Gemignani (here, next to this marker); Angiolo Masi
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More about this marker. The marker is one of eight "Stumbling Stones" (German: Stolpersteine) that are embedded into the sidewalk across the street from Vinci's municipal building. The Stolpersteine are a multi-city project in Europe to remember local Holocaust victims. The eight men honored here were arrested together on March 8, 1944.
About 7,500 Italian Jews are believed to have died during the Holocaust.
Regarding Gino Giacomelli. Exact details of Giacomelli's life nor his death during World War II could be ascertained, but some details on the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria offer some clues.
Open from 1938 until 1945, Mauthausen took in about 190,000 inmates, of which 90,000 are believed to have died. It is considered one of the most brutal of Germany's camps, home to a quarry that required the back-breaking work of slave labor. Originally a camp for political prisoners, it also held Jews and POWs, and in its later years had a gas chamber
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 29, 2025
2. 3 "Stumbling Stones" in Vinci
Mauthuasen was liberated by U.S. troops from the 11th Army Division of the 3rd Army on May 5, 1945, 10 days before Giacomelli's death. Bad Ischl, where Giacomelli died, was home to a displaced persons camp for survivors of the Holocaust.
Also see . . .
1. Stolpersteine official site. (Submitted on August 28, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
2. Where Murder Was a Way of Life: The Mauthausen Concentration Camp. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans shares the story of Mauthausen, remembered as one of the Nazis' most brutal concentration camps. (Submitted on August 28, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 29, 2025
3. 8 Stolpersteine in Vinci
Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 28, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
