Yaakov / Giacobbe Surmani and Sarah "Giovanna" Hasson had many children, but, if the records are correct, two of them died at birth or a short time after that. Very few years after that, the shoa hit hard on this family as did on all rhodesli jews. The parents were killed, and, apparently, many of the children. I said "apparently" because sites like "I nomi della shoa" that lists italian citizens killed in the shoa, lists Moshe Surmani as killed, but he managed to scape to Israel in 1943 and his story can be read here: https://www.flipsnack.com/E5AC8FAA9F7/moshe-surmani-from-rhodes-to-israel-1u8698fcjl/full-view.html?fbclid=IwAR3aoxsjNbamugIiqqYyJWtBr39RhOKA1UKujFk_lRz58lUsg7PLZeOW9Uo Sadly he died young, 17, fighting in the independence war. Same site lists Stella as killed, but one day, checking data of Nathan Jules Hasson, Sarah's brother, the children's uncle, I saw in a census or maybe a ship manifesto or both, that Nathan had at home Eliezer and Stella Surmani. I knew Eliezer survived, his son Andrew L. Surmani is in this group, but finding Stella was so happy and unexpected. No wonder why on Nathan Jules Hasson tombstone is written "His heart and his home were open to all". I know that for many people these are known facts, but they weren't for me, at all.