Europe

A Cycling Legend’s Secret War Mission: Saving Italy’s Jews

BREAKING AWAY

Under the seat of the bikes he rode to two Tour de France titles, one humble superstar quietly carried the papers that spared hundreds from the Holocaust.

Richard Hurowitz
Richard Hurowitz
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Richard Hurowitz

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