On a Dark and Rainy Night - The Story of Yona Amit (Galandauer)

Yona Amit was born in 1938, in Fiume, Northern Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia), to a modern orthodox Jewish family. Following the German conquest of Northern italy, Yona's family left Fiume, reaching the town of Bagnacavallo, where they went into hiding with the Tambini family. Residents of the town hid other Jews as well. When suspicion arose that their hiding place had been revealed, the Tambini family moved Yona and her family member into hiding with the Dalla Valle family. Later Yona, her brother, sister, and cousin were moved to a convent in the city of Lugo, under assumed identities. After about a year in the convent, the family members reunited in order to try and cross the border to neutral Switzerland, with the aid of Lidia Cattaneo, who supplied them with false papers and arranged for their travel to the border. After an arduous and dangerous journey through the Alps, Yona and her family managed to reach Switzerland. After the end of the war the family returned to Italy, immigrating to Israel in 1950. Yona is an educator and delivers testimony.

[@adaisahalpern7993]

You survived to tell us all what happened, because unfortunatly it is part of the History. The History of The World. Thanks to everybody who risky their lives to help other people.

[@lisad5540]

Amazing story of love, courage and family. Shalom shalom.

[@joanhenschel3511]

Yona, you're so precious. Thanks for sharing this testimony. Shalom

[@seemarajderkar3019]

What an amazing story of survival shared by Yona. Lovely pictures!! Yona must be 75 + now. God bless her.

[@janepopplewell5647]

Lovely lady and lovely family. Thank you for this testimony and may God bless you and all of your family members.

[@missywead872]

Toda, Yona for sharing your testimony with beautiful gusto. Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheynu, Adonai Echad.❤️

[@D16S06]

We must never forget ... thank you for your story ... ❤

[@zzydny]

Such a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing this story that others may hear.

[@tatjanaarandelovic9555]

Your story is so amazing Yona. And the families of Bagnocavallo that were hiding 30 families were real Christians. There are not a lot of righteous people in this world. Thank you for telling us your and your families journey, Yona. We shall never forget xxx 🙏

[@lisbethmnstedlarsen6431]

Never feel guilty for surviving where so many others died .You represent the hope of the future and recilience of the human spirit embrace that hope and know because you were able to have a family and also tell the story of your life as you expeirenced it but also the story of those who did not survive all those stories and not just tragic but also remembrance and above all else stories such as yours is hope and light not just sadness and loss. Thank you and all other survivors for telling us your stories because of that we can hopefully prevent anything as vile as the Nazi regieme from ever rearing its ugly hateful head again.We can be the voiceof reason against anti semitismn and all other prejudices.Thank you for that.

[@anningram9311]

Thank you for sharing your story......you survived to tell it and to have children and grandchildren. God bless you.

[@sharonfrede6791]

I’m so sorry this happened to you and your family. People can be so cruel. God had his hands around your immediate family.

[@mistyrose3042]

This shows that whoever god wants to remain alive, cannot die in worst of circumstances. Remarkable testimony

[@msjackiefriedman]

So g_d didn’t want the murdered Jews to live? What a terrible thing to say

[@mistyrose3042]

@@msjackiefriedman Everything and anything which happens in this world and beyond happens only if god wants it to happen. . If god did not wanted, Holocaust would not have happened.. There is no question about it, naturally you would be disagreeing with this but its the truth, even Jews themselves believe in this sad truth

[@seretmekonnen5991]

Thank you for sharing your story 🙏 Never again

[@valentinazampetti8228]

Grazie di cuore ❤️

[@patmurphy389]

Thank you for sharing your story yona!

[@sarahfarrell8214]

Yona is so strong and beautiful. I'm so sad her handsome brother got killed; so sad. Thank you for sharing your story. Because your father wouldn't leave your grandmother, the whole family was safe. Thank God it was a dark and rainy night. God bless you beautiful Yona and your beautiful family.

[@hipretty]

Precious Yona! Thank you so much for sharing! 💗🙏🌺

[@ryannevanderburgh6031]

even in the darkest of nights their is always a light the people who risked their own lives to save others should never be forgotten and honoured forever

[@helenh493]

A wonderful story of Yona and her family, of their dangerous trek out of the dangers of war and of Nazi's hunting down their people, to kill or send to death camps. "God Bless" Yona's parents and family, and also all the many people, and their families, who took the chance and goodness to hide and save Yonas family and the other hunted Jews, at risk to their own lives. Yona's youngest son, its terribly sad he didn't get to live long enough to create his own family branch and bloodline. But then again, he died honorably.. he gave his life for his county. To do his honorable duty with his brothers and sisters in arms, in keeping his country free for his surviving familys linage, his siblings, and for generations after them.. as all young men and women in Arms has done for generations. Its sad Yona's father couldn't look at his son like this. Any people in Arms, in training, medics, or fighting in the front lines, they are all Heros.

[@deenalaxgorin7574]

תודה לשיתוף ותודה לכל האנשים הטובים שעזרו לכם על הדרך.

[@loonylinda]

A happy ending...a beautiful woman..thankyou for your story

[@diannehalliday2165]

You did not die because it is Gods good and perfect will for you/us all to die in His timing and when He ordains it. Thank you all for sharing you stories. Sadly, not many non Jews know or understand this history….

[@jonathancschwarz]

Yoga you survived to remind us of man's inhumanity to man and wa Hat is possible if good men do nothing. שלום

[@shoeshoplabor9945]

It's giving hope that there would be people willing to risk their lives....to save Jews......I could never understand any Christian who would not....it's a beautiful family that was saved. I'm so sorry you lost your brother in another war ..... I'm always with you for I'm a Christian Zionist.

[@onlineactivity2349]

TIKKUN HABIT by Rabbi Yaron Reuven

[@robertafierro5592]

Gossips and Trpuvlemakers will never go away. Why is it that people ENJOY making trouble for others. WHY?

[@lucialowry1904]

😢🤗💝

[@user-ev1il8ie8p]

שלום לך יונה עמית היקרה. ריתקת אותי בספור ילדותך שהיה דומה לשלי. אני ילידת 1936 בסלובקיה, חוויתי מחבוא ומחנה רכוז בגטו טרזיינשטאט. גם אני מתייסרת עם השאלה- למה אני שרדתי ואחרים נספו.

[@prof4659]

Israel lives in this beautiful intelligent woman!

[@janklaas6885]

©️26:36

[@roberte5057]

Pardon my ignorance I am 62 and wouldn't know a Jewish person...........a Catholic or Protestant.

[@erzonca558]

Of course. It's normal. Nobody can unless the Jews are obliged to wear a red hat or a yellow star.

[@hildapangos9579]

God of Israel still the God today

[@utpalbanerjee382]

It is quite natural that Yad Vashem only recorded the holocaust pain for the Jews only, but there were another six million victims of few other categories whose stories are equally painful and nobody is there to tell about their cry.