Stumbling Stones Via Buonarroti 29

These memorial stones (Stolpersteine, pietre d'inciampo, or stumbling blocks) commemorate:
* Here was captured Paolo Petrucci, born 1917, arrested as a political opponent 13 February 1944, assassinated at Fosse Ardeatine 24 March 1944.

After graduating with a degree in Ancient Letters, starting in 1941 Paolo Petrucci served in the military until he was sent back to Rome for medical reasons. He fought against the Germans. When they occupied Rome, Paolo went underground, using the cover name "Pietro Paolucci." He and several friends tried without success to form the "Volunteers for Freedom" in the south. They returned to Rome to organize partisans in anti-Nazi propaganda actions, including student demonstrations in Rome. He and his colleagues were arrested at Via Buonarroti 29 in February 1944 and subjected to the usual interrogation in the Nazi / SS headquarters on Via Tasso. He was acquitted on 22 March 1944, perhaps because of his cover name. Two days later, while he was waiting in the Regina Coeli prison for release, he was taken by truck to the Fosse Ardeatine where he was murdered in the Fosse Ardeatine massacre.

The small brass plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted or murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

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