Here is a man I would have liked to meet, Gino Bartali, a Tour de - TopicsExpress



          

Here is a man I would have liked to meet, Gino Bartali, a Tour de France champion and two-time winner of the Giro d’Italia. JERUSALEM, September 23, 2013 (AFP) – An Italian cyclist who helped rescue Jews during World War II by smuggling documents on his bicycle while pretending to train received a posthumous honor from Israel this week. In 2009—almost 70 years after the events, and nine years after his death—evidence began to emerge of Bartali’s hitherto unknown actions, which helped to save the lives of 800 Jews. “Good is something you do, not something you talk about,” he once said. “Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.” blogs.bicycling/blogs/thehub/2013/09/26/israel-honors-gino-bartali/
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:52:02 +0000

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