Rubino Romeo Salmon

Rubino Romeo Salmon (22 January 1920 10 July

2011) was an Italian author known for his book In the
End, I Beat Hitler, based on his experiences as a survivor
of Auschwitz IIBirkenau during The Holocaust.

Central Council of Jews in Germany saying Salmon's

death was a great loss.[6] President of Italy Giorgio
Napolitano and President of Lazio Renata Polverini also
expressed their sadness at the news.[3]

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Biography

An Italian Jew, Salmon was born in Rome in 1920.[1] He

escaped the rst mass arrests of Jews from the Roman
Ghetto in October 1943, but was arrested by the Italian
police in April 1944.[2]

[1] Voltattorni, Claudia (9 July 2011). Addio a Rubino

Romeo Salmon, l'ebreo di Auschwitz che ispir Benigni.
Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 18 September
2016.

After being imprisoned in Rome, he was moved to a camp

in Fossoli and arrived at Auschwitz when he was 24. He
was given the identication number A15810, and forced
to work, facing starvation and cold.[2] Salmon and other
prisoners in the camp were freed by Allied forces in 1945.
While Salmon was reunited with his parents, he found his
brothers were murdered.[3]

[2] Squires, Nick (11 July 2011). Life Is Beautiful Nazi

death camp survivor dies aged 91. The Daily Telegraph.
Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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[3] Paradiso, Stefania (10 July 2011). E' morto Romeo

Salmon: l'uomo che ispir Benigni per La vita bella.
Un Mondo di Italiani (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September
2016.
[4] Silverman, Stephen M. (12 July 2011). Rubino Romeo
Salmoni, Real Life Inspiration for Life Is Beautiful, Dies.
People. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

In the End, I Beat Hitler

After the war, Salmon visited many schools and colleges

to share his experiences. His book In the End, I Beat
Hitler also recounts his experiences, incorporating elements of irony and black humour.[2] He wrote, I came
out of Auschwitz alive, I have a wonderful family, I celebrated my golden wedding anniversary, I have 12 splendid
grandchildren I think I can say I ruined Hitler's plan for
me.[4]

[5] L'orrore del campo di sterminio e l'umiliazione delle

leggi razziali. La Repubblica (in Italian). 24 January
2011. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
[6] Beard, Lanford (12 July 2011). "'Life is Beautiful' inspiration Rubino Romeo Salmoni dies. Entertainment Weekly.
Retrieved 18 September 2016.

The writings served as an inspiration for Italian director

Roberto Benigni's 1997 lm Life Is Beautiful,[2] which
won the Cannes Grand Prix and the Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film. Benigni stated he wished
to commemorate Salmon as a man who wished to live in
the right way.[3] Also in 1997, Salmon appeared in the
documentary lm Memoria.[1]
The book was presented at Palazzo Valentini in January
2011 by Salmon, Province of Rome President Nicola
Zingaretti and chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni.[5]

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Death

Salmon died in Rome on 10 July 2011, with Mayor

of Rome Gianni Alemanno calling him a great man
who with his courage and determination managed to save
himself from the hell of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the
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