A similar Google search for the Italian Resistance found The 10 Best Italian War Movies,which included both World Wars and was not confined to the resistance fighters. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Your papa is more loved that he can image. Thank you for supporting your Papa. All I can say is "Wow" All that Pino went through. Please try again later. Near bankruptcy, he thought hed be worth more dead than alive. I'm hopeful his heart will mend when he sees Anna-Marte again. His courage through all he endured and still he held on to his faith and love of life. That night at a dinner party, he heard the first snippets about Pino Lella. Speak up? Dunderdale was a commander during the war. I hope to get back to Italy someday and maybe I will get a chance to meet him and visit some of the places noted in the story. We have no idea. Please tell him how much I appreciate knowing his life story. Yet it is all true. Oh, my WORD! Did the author add in events that were true but that Pino Lella was not there to witness? He was very familiar with the Alps and its surroundings from his childhood, and even defeated the weather to save the Jews from the war. or ask your favorite author a question with We will take you on a tour back in time to the terrible days when Milan was devastated by bombings, a third of the city's population was homeless, the Nazis were . Registered in England No. He's a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with music, food, and girlsbut his days of . I appreciate Mary F and other's who have clarified the misinformation around this story. Secure your seat by registering below or contact, shares the story of a teenage spy, Pino Lella. My wife was out of town and I cried my eyes out at 3 am during the most tragic part of the story. [3], Lella lebt heute hochbetagt im Norden Mailands.[4]. I still weep when I think of the tragedy of Anna Marta and how you could not save her. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. An Italian WWII Story of Jewish Rescue: Pino Lella, Teenage Spy . My son works as an event manager for a ski resort in Colorado and regularly skins up to get some great ski runs in. Some choose to see past the "complications" of their own self-interest and achieve the clarity of compassion for their fellow man. One of the most riveting, page-turning books Ive read in a long time. Heather Morris, author of the #1 international and New York Times bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Sullivan again demonstrates his gift for finding little-known embers of history and breathing life into them until they glow and shine in ways that are both moving and memorable. Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris, Mark is one of the most gifted and successful novelists of our generation. I find it unspeakably tragic that many of the Nazi's got away with multitudes of crimes against humanity yet were able to continue to live so well. Pino is a true hero and I would shake his hand and buy him a drink if I could! I was wondering about events like the battle near the cemetery where Pino rescued the body of his friend? As you were reading did you feel that the story was authentic? I did not know about his incredible life before he came to Mammoth. Er war der Fahrer von General Hans Leyers und gleichzeitig Spion fr die Alliierten. He, like the rest of Italy, wanted to forget the horrors of war and move on. Michael Lella, tell your father "thank you" for sharing his story and for the lives he saved. In Father Re's Casa Alpina as well as as a driver for Leyers and spy for the resistance against the Nazis. After the war, Lella hid what hed done, deeply ashamed of having worn a German uniform and swastika, despite the risks he took as a spy. Pino Lella, born 1926 in Milan, Italy. Please try again later. The Last Green Valleyis a compelling and inspiring story of heroism and courage in the dark days at the end of World War II. Kristin Hannah, #1New York Timesbestselling author, An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Literature & Fiction, Mark Sullivan weaves together history and memory in an epic journey of love and resilience. Pino Lella. The war came to Giuseppe "Pino" Lella right as he watched Fred Astaire dance with Ginger Rogers. He was captured and went to prison, and then he escaped. Giuseppe (Pino) Lella. It was a long shot but I had to try. <3. You are a hero and a human..Never die Pino Lella. This is the second time I read the story and also listened to it on my recent car trip via audiobook. He was the driver of General Hans Leyers and at the same time spy for the Alliance. Als Fahrer von Leyers arbeitete Lella als Spion fr die Resistenza und fr die Alliierten. Lellas Geschichte ist die Basis fr Mark Sullivans Roman Unter blutrotem Himmel, der sich im Allgemeinen an die biografischen Fakten aus Pino Lellas Leben zwischen 1943 und 1945 hlt, aber auch in manchen Teilen aus Fiktion besteht. At the same time, hed like to hug every single one.. What a remarkable man he is! What an amazing story of bravery, love and loss. Scottish hairdesser actually arrested in 1937 and imprisoned until she could be deported. In the beginning of the novel, Pino is a typical 17-year-old boy interested in girls, music, and food. After bombs destroy his family home. He's a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with music, food, and girlsbut his days of innocence are numbered. Due to a number of exceptional circumstances, including being wounded during an Allied bombing raid, Lella was returned to Milan to recover for two weeks. This was an amazing story of a phenomenal man. I started with my go-to-pose of a very straight-on and emotionless look. When I finished the last page I was sitting at the Denver airport . Sullivan said he was dumbfounded when he saw for himself the steep cliffs that Lella had led people across in winter. After bombs destroy his family homein Milan, 17-year old Pino Lella joined an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps. They pay the price to love their "neighbor" with tangible and costly action. His younger brother and best friend drank himself to death. God used Pino to do much good in a bleak and evil time. The Allies had taken back Rome surely Milan would be next. He is "1.85 meters tall, seventy-five kilograms, long and gangly, with big hands and feet, hair that defied taming, and enough acne and awkwardness that none of the girls he'd asked to the movies had agreed to accompany him" (7). I'll be recommending this book, and I'll also be reading it again in the future. The day before the last available window I finally secured my chance to meet Pino through his wife. I just finished reading this book. My husband and I lived in Italy 50 years ago near Rimini, and we visited Mussolini's grave and so many places in Italy affected by the war. instance of. Ascari won consecutive world titles in 1952 and 1953 for Scuderia Ferrari.He was the team's first World Champion and the last Italian to date to win the title. Since Lella's aunt and uncle had connections to the " Organization Todt ", the armaments and construction department of the Third Reich, he joined the German army for his own safety, but against his internal convictions and on the advice of his parents, and was included in the Todt boat Camp moved into Modena . Yet it is all true. Create a password that only you will remember. Pino Lella at age 17. given name. I cannot stop thinking about Pino and all that he did for the war and the resistance. Mark Sullivan's book allows Lella to step out of the shadows, telling his story and getting the . Lella's story is the basis for Mark Sullivan's novel Under Blood Red Heaven , which generally sticks to the biographical facts from Pino Lella's life between 1943 and 1945, but also consists in some parts of fiction. Twice, the author mentioned, Anna had Pino tie a white band around his foreh. Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 - 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver and a two time Formula One World Champion.He was a multitalented racer who competed in motorcycle racing before switching to cars. There were however 6000 miles between it, gatekeepers, the alps, legal challenges and not to forget an Italian police man who could have made all efforts go puff last second. Your father is my hero. Discussion Questions. Have just finished reading this fabulous book. The most famous one is probably the French Resistance, with at least 57 movies and numerous books about it. Franco Isman. Maya. Ive read this amazing tragic story last year. Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours. Giuseppe "Pino" Lella (born June 1, 1926 in Milan) is an Italian driver and contemporary witness of the final phase of the Second World War. So it is little surprise perhaps that Pino Lellas life is going to be made into a Hollywood film. Sullivan told his wife it was the best story hed ever heard. I appreciate it so much and want Pino to know thank you from Canada for his faith in God and doing the right thing. I'm so glad his story has finally been told. On April 24, 1945, Lella delivered General Hans Leyers to the advancing 5th American Army under the command of Major Frank Knebel. More tales of courage and heroism in wartime, "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr, "Unbroken: an Olympians Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive" by Laura Hillebrand, "Tears in the Darkness: the Story of the Bataan Death March & its Aftermath" by Michael Norman andElizabeth M. Norman, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. That was the start of a decade-long journey that led Sullivan to meet Pino Lella, to uncover the often forgotten story of World War II in Italy, and to write a novel based on Lellas life. Send us your thoughts and feedback as a letter to the editor. What a book! April 1945 lieferte Lella General Hans Leyers an die vorrckende 5. It was an amazing story of war and love. Bozeman author Mark Sullivan had reached the lowest point in his life the night he first heard the story of a 17-year-old Italian boy in World War II, who risked his life to save Jews by leading them over the Alps and then spied on the Nazis as a powerful German generals driver. It was clear that the previous shot was going to be it so we didnt spend too much time. Thank you, Mark Sullivan, for writing it so beautifully. You have reached the maximum number of messages that can be sent. Even then, I think very few men may have ever survived the barbarism that your old man had to. His last two years as a teenager are inseparable from the war and the fall of Fascism. I have never cried reading a book until You know. Thank you . The two men visited the Milan plaza where Lellas boyhood friend was one of 15 partisans gunned down by Italian Fascists under German orders. Reichskriegsministeriums fr Rstung und Kriegsproduktion, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pino_Lella&oldid=229525092, Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike, italienischer Widerstandskmpfer im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 5. Second, I am sure having a father, who has seen and experienced so much tragedy and destruction must not be easy. Note that the OSS was a precursor to the CIA. Too many witnesses had died, too many records had been burned. In April 1945, he delivered Leyers to the Fifth United States Army and then became the driver of Major Frank . It was an incredible book! These are events he had buried as deep as he could.. One reason the book resonates with readers is that they ask themselves what they would have done. This is not happening! That is inspirational to me! Not only was Pino a brave and wonderful man, but Mark T. Sullivan is an amazing writer and truly knows how to portray emotion. Hall was a spy for the SOE, American OSS and the CIA. [1], Lella wuchs in Mailand auf und als 1943 dort die ersten Bomben fielen, schickten ihn seine Eltern sicherheitshalber in die Alpen zur Sommerschule von Pater Re, wo er das Autofahren erlernte.[2]. Ebbene, il protagonista dei mesi incredibili ricostruiti pazientemente da Mark Sullivan nel romanzo "Beneath a scarlet sky", si chiama Giuseppe "Pino" Lella, all'epoca dei fatti diciassettenne. Please tell Pino thank you for opening up to share his very soul, his story has changed my life. It's difficult to come to grips with the fact that an actual person was telling their true story of life as they've lived it. Tears streamed from my eyes as your father watched Anna die, and his cousin and so many others. I have read his war diary word for word, and do not question why there are no entries shortly after writing "I saw and did things that I want to forget" and does not write again until November, 1945, when he knew he was going home soon. Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love. He had a moral compass, he was idealistic in a way someone only 17 or 18 can be. I am only fifteen and know I cant understand how tragic it is to lose a true love like that, but I can only imagine how touching it must have been to my dad, no doubt imagining seeing my mother (and his twenty something years happily married wife) in that situation, or how difficult it was for Pino to cope with the grief. This story is both.. He never left my mind for the past six months. With our tour, you will walk in the footsteps of this Italian hero during the most dramatic years of Milan, following his adventures in the . Later, Lello enlisted in . Does anyone have an update about whether he is still alive? In April 1945 he delivered Leyers to the Fifth United States Army and was then a driver for Major Frank Knebel until the end of the war. The next morning I got in the car and crossed the alps into Italy to meet Pino. Even still several days after I finished the novel I keep researching all of the events, pictures, and people online. In June 1944, Lella turned 18, the age at which Italians were drafted into the military by the state. I knew right there and then that I had to meet this man. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is a work of historical fiction. Greene was involved in the SIS (also known as MI6). He downplayed his heroic feats of leading 30 to 35 groups of Jews and Allied soldiers over the Alps to safety in Switzerland, saying any mountaineer could do it. 1939-2010. Based on the true story of a forgotten Italian hero, BENEATH A SCARLET SKY is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours. They were both born in Italy and now live in California and just spend summers in Lesa. So many WWII soldiers/survivors don't talk about their experiences and I am glad Pino has at last told his!! But at this point and time I understand how difficult that would be. He risked his life guiding Jews across the Alps into neutral Switzerland, then became a spy inside the German High Command. I did not enjoy being led to believe that the events in this. Taylor was a French spy who shot and killed a German Gestapo colonel when she was 21. Maybe he can come and speak at our Holocaust Memorial in West Bloomfield, Michigan, How cool would that be. Letzte berprfung: 6. Award-winning author Mark Sullivan retraced Pino Lella's steps up the treacherous mountains near Casa Alpina and interviewed him to capture this true story of love and war. He plays two major roles in World War II: first, he retreats to the Italian Alps and joins the underground railroad, led by a group of Catholic priests, assisting Jews to escape by traversing across the Alps. Lello joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, guiding hundreds of Jews to safety in a year. I read it fast, it consumed me. Get full access to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle's award-winning news and sports coverage, as well as arts and entertainment, opinions and more. Aged only 17 he risked his life to smuggle Jews out of Mussolinis Italy, before spying on the Nazis while employed as a driver for a German general. Lombardi made history for two reasons at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix - she was the first woman to score points in a Grand Prix, and the first driver to score a career total . Pino is a young man caught up in his own dreams. Bill and Walter Martel in the museum basement where Emil slept while in the prison camp. I will be in Milan and Lake Como and would like to see him in June. If you contact me, I might be able to get you a discount on the books..michaellella@yahoo.com. DearcMichael Lella, is your dad still alive? This event is co-sponsored by the Wagner College Chai Society and the National Organization of Italian American Women. After I got past Anna's death, my father told me that was the saddest thing he had ever read. When I finished the last page I was sitting at the Denver airport weeping. Please know my question and intent is for respect and gratitude. Invalid password or account does not exist. Pino Lella was never at Casa Alpina in Motta, after September 8, 1943. Mark writes a very beautiful plot in his novel and his writing is very evocative; he never fails to make me gasped every time I turn page to page. Beneath a Scarlet Sky tells the tale of Giuseppe 'Pino' Lella, one of Italy's forgotten WW2 heroes. Hayden was an agent for the OSS. Even still several days after I finished the novel I keep researching all of the events, pictures, and people online. Books are in scarce supply as well. I said to myself: No! An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Subscribe today! When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps . I just can't get enough of "Beneath a Scarlet Sky"! Inspirational . Most of these posts answering the question about Pino are 2 years old. Ive never had anything like that happen in all my years as a reporter, Sullivan said. Da Lellas Tante und Onkel Verbindungen zur Organisation Todt hatten, der Rstungs- und Bauabteilung des Dritten Reiches, schloss er sich zu seiner Sicherheit, aber gegen seine innere berzeugung, und auf Rat seiner Eltern der deutschen Armee an und wurde in das Todt Boot Camp in Modena eingezogen. The light was a little too much from the side for it so we started playing around a little and I had Pino turn towards the light. If you are ever in Pinecrest, let us know! God bless your father. He was the driver of General Hans Leyers and at the same time a spy for the Allies. Pino Lella, is a beautiful, beautiful soul and I feel privileged to have read his story.I would love to sit with him over a glass of Chianti looking over at the Alps and thanking God for our loves, our losses and for our unknown endings! He too fought for the resistance while living in Bergamo. In our lives today, it is hard to imagine the strength and courage people were able to conjure during the war. An amazing story about an amazing man, Pino Lella. The most painful, emotional scenes in the book are partly what Lella reported as fact, and partly what haunted his nightmares. All I can say is "Wow" All that Pino went through. I just wanted to comment on Mark Sullivans book. She was a Norwegian employed by the Germans. First he spends the war helping Jews escape Italy, and then he serves as the driver for a Nazi general. At the missionary Pino would study with . I sincerely hope he is doing well and is happy. Next month, Lella turns 91. The life of Pino Lella, only recently revealed and narrated in the book "Beneath a scarlet sky", by the American writer Mark Sullivan, sounds like the script of a war movie. Mark and Julio Cernatore at the site of the chapel at Casa Alpina, Pino learns of General Leyers' fate (June-2015). The thing he imparted to me, he said, is every frickin moment is a miracle.. I was unable to stop reading until I learned what happened in the end. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Pino Lella. I think people long for something genuine and inspirational, Sullivan said. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is a novel based on the true story of forgotten war hero Pino Lella. The many losses he had to experience as a young person during this time are really tragic. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six . Just was wondering how much is true? His ability to weave drama, morality, and emotion through wonderfully captivating stories of the human spirit puts him among the greats. Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author and the nations #1 life and business strategist. You have permission to edit this article. It comes out in paperback May 1. How close is the book "Under the Scarlett Sky" to your father's life? Lella went on to lead a remarkable life, selling Italian cars in Beverly Hills, marrying an heiress, becoming a ski instructor to the stars, meeting James Dean, Gary Cooper and Ernest Hemingway. I felt it when I met him. The story is based on events in the life of Pino Lella from June 1943 to May 1945. What an amazing man he is! The author did an amazing job putting the reader right there and feeling. I hope his heart is happy at this very moment. 1,331. I cannot get the characters. What an incredible story. 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