Area della memoria Calo'-Spizzichino (zona Sannini)

The Calò-Spizzichino house at Il Ferrone is a place of remembrance for a Jewish family arrested there in January 1944 and deported to Auschwitz.

Why it matters

The memorial preserves the story of eight members of the Calò-Spizzichino family, who had taken refuge in the countryside near Impruneta. They were arrested on 24 January 1944 and deported in February; none returned. Their names include Alfredo Spizzichino, Fernanda Servi, Mario, Sara and Fiorella Calò, Iride and Rina Spizzichino, and Fernando Calò.

What to notice

The house is an ordinary rural building, now marked as a municipal place of memory. Its setting in the countryside makes tangible the refuge the family sought and the danger that reached them there. The site commemorates the people whose names are preserved in the local record.

Context and history

The family's arrest occurred during the persecution and deportation of Jews in Italy under German occupation and the Italian Social Republic after September 1943. The Calò-Spizzichino family had left Florence for the surrounding countryside. Local historical research later recovered details of their fate, and the municipality registered the house as a place of memory.