Adolfo Ottolenghi

Adolfo Ottolenghi (30 July 1885 — 2 September 1944) was an Italian rabbi and victim of the Holocaust.

Early life

Ottolenghi was born to a prominent Jewish-Italian family from Piedmont on 30 July 1885 in Livorno, Italy. His parents were Abramo and Amalia Ventura.

Rabbinical career Ottolenghi earned the title of rabbi from the Rabbinic College of Livorno in 1907. He concurrently earned a law degree from the University of Pisa. Ottolenghi married Regina Tedeschi. Ottolenghi also joined the Venetian Israelite Fraterna. All were over 70 years of age. After being sent to Risiera di San Sabba in Trieste, and features a memorial on Adolfo.

Ottolenghi has a stolperstein in Venice.

Selected works Ottolenghi wrote extensively on the history of the Jews of Venice, as well as Venetian Jews' participation in the Risorgimento.

Leon da Modena e spunti di vita ebraica del ghetto nel sec. XVII (1929)