Celeste Di Porto

Celeste Di Porto (Rome, 29 July 1925 – Rome, 13 March 1981) was an Italian-Jewish collaborationist during the Nazi occupation of Rome.

Biography Di Porto was born in 1925 in Rome's Jewish ghetto. She was described as a beautiful and ruthless girl. As a result of her humble origins she had to work as an adolescent, accepting work with other residents of the ghetto. despite having been promised in marriage to another resident of the ghetto. Di Porto's friendship with the fascists protected her, but also allowed her to become an informer. Di Porto also protected her childhood friends and family, warning them about impending Nazi raids. She was released early a result of a post-war amnesty. While in prison she converted to Catholicism and claimed that she intended to take religious vows before giving up. She lived for a brief period in Trento, where she attempted to join the Focolare Movement. While in Trento she learned to be a taylor and met Aldo Forlani whom she would marry in Assisi.