Note on Enrica Caviglia

The case of Enrica Caviglia differs from numerous others, as all that has been found so far is a piece of paper with notes from a previously unknown hand and not an actual petition. It remains unclear what happened to it and whether the Vatican did anything at all. Enrica Caviglia was born in Rome on 30 November 1915. She was Jewish. She lived in Frascati with her husband Edmondo Di Cave, ran a furniture store and had a daughter, Franca Di Cave. During the war, Enrica and Franca stayed in Rome with the family of Pacifico Spizzichino - Franca's husband Edmondo was the brother of Pacifico's wife. The mother and daughter were arrested there on 16 October 1943 as part of the large-scale deportation of Roman Jews and deported to Auschwitz on 18 October 1943 in the convoy "convogli n. 02, ROMA Collegio Militare 18/10/1943". They were murdered on the day of their arrival, 23 October 1943.

Caviglia Enrica in Di Cave nata a Roma il 30-11-1915 domiciliata a Frascati, e stata arestata dalla S.S. Tedesca assieme con la figlia Franca Di Cave nata a Roma il 30-10-940 perchè di Razza Ebraica. I sudette persone sono state arestate presso la famiglia di Pacifico Spizzichino abitante in Roma in Via Arenula 41 dal giorno dell’aresto ossia dal 16 Ottobre 1943 non sappiamo più notizie.

Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Segreteria di Stato, Commissione Soccorsi 302, fasc. 14, fol. 2r

The note translated into german

Enrica Caviglia verheiratete Di Cave, geboren am 30. November 1915 in Rom, wohnhaft in Frascati, wurde zusammen mit ihrer Tochter Franca Di Cave, geboren am 30. Oktober 1940, von der deutschen SS wegen ihrer jüdischen Abstammung verhaftet. Die oben genannten Personen wurden bei der Familie von Pacifico Spizzichino in Rom in der Via Arenula 41 festgenommen. Seit dem Tag der Verhaftung, dem 16. Oktober 1943, haben wir keine Nachrichten mehr erhalten.

Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Segreteria di Stato, Commissione Soccorsi 302, fasc. 14, fol. 2r