Ettore Ovazza

Ettore Ovazza
Black and white photograph of Ettore Ovazza and his wife Nella Sacerdoti
Born(1892-03-21)21 March 1892
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Died11 October 1943(1943-10-11) (aged 51)
Intra, Italian Social Republic
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
NationalityItalian
OccupationBanker
Known forFinancer and political supporter of Italian fascism
Political partyNational Fascist Party
RelativesJean-Paul Elkann
Gianni Agnelli
John Elkann

Ettore Ovazza (21 March 1892 – 11 October 1943) was an Italian Jewish banker.[1] He was an early financer of Benito Mussolini, whom he was a personal friend of, and a strong supporter of Italian fascism.[2] He founded the anti-Zionist journal La nostra bandiera.[3] Believing that his position would be restored after the war, Ovazza stayed on after the Germans occupied Italy. Together with his wife and children, shortly after the Fall of Fascism and Mussolini's government during World War II, he was killed near the Swiss border by SS troops in 1943.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ettore Ovazza (1892-1943), un ebreo fascista a oltranza (in Italian), National Library Service of Italy.
  2. ^ Schiavazzi, Vera (4 September 2004). "L'altra famiglia di John Elkann all'ombra delle sinagoghe". La Repubblica (in Italian). Rome: GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. ISSN 0390-1076. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ Foa, Anna (5 May 2011). "Fascismo. Ebrei in camicia nera l'assurda alleanza". Avvenire (in Italian). Milan. ISSN 1722-7860. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Straziante fine di una famiglia ebraica" (in Italian). Rome: ANPI. 2003. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ NovellI, Massimo (25 April 2007). "'Questi ebrei non hanno più bisogno di ombrello'". La Repubblica (in Italian). Rome. ISSN 2499-0817. Retrieved 24 February 2023.