ABSTRACT
Roberto Ducci took the precious files on the Jews from Palazzo Chigi because he wanted the story to be told. It was a matter of life and death. The Gestapo were furiously searching Rome for evidence of Italian treachery. Had Ducci been caught with those files, he, Pietromarchi, Vidau, Vitetti, Lanza d’Ajeta, Castellani and many others would have been shot. For Ducci the secret files bore witness to his humanity and that of his fellow plotters. As Pietromarchi observed, the evidence would redeem them ‘from many acts of baseness’. Does it?
