From Sand and Ash

As Eva runs to warn her family, Angelo grabs her, pulling her into an alley. He had worried she’d been taken in the raids, and he kisses her passionately. Angelo tells Eva that Augusto and the rest of her family were taken in the raids. He holds her as she cries, and they both lament the lies that have been told to the Jewish people. Twelve hundred Italian Jewish people are taken from their homes and imprisoned at the Italian Military College, close enough to the Vatican that the Pope could see it. Angelo laments the Pope’s lack of intervention and how “[…] there was no Italian law anymore. There was only the Führer’s law” (169). Angelo takes Eva to the Church of the Sacred Heart to hide. She begs him to let her help, but Angelo forces her to stay hidden. He reminds her that her family is also his family, and he, too, has lost everything. Eva must remain safe.

Angelo goes to the prison where the Jewish people are being held and negotiates for some of the Italians to be released. He sees Levi and notices that the door is unlocked. Angelo begs them to escape, but they refuse, fearing punishment if they are caught.