Fausto Gardini

Fausto Gardini was born in Italy and raised in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He worked in Paris, France and in Atlanta, Georgia. In his professional life, in commercial aviation, he traveled to 98 countries before settling in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a Corresponding Member of the Institut Grand Ducal (Section, Luxembourg Society for Linguistic, Ethnological and Dialectical Studies). He is a co-founder of the Luxembourg American Cultural Society (LACS) of Belgium, Wisconsin, and served twenty years on its board. He speaks six languages and lectures, occasionally, at the University Of North Florida (UNF) and other venues in the United States and Europe.

Fausto’s early historical publications focus on nineteenth century’s immigrants from Luxembourg to the United States of America: "St. Donatus, Iowa, a Luxembourg Village"; "Luxembourg On My Mind, Volume I, II and III"; and World War I: "The American Aunt"; "Storms Over Luxembourg" and diverse related subjects in "365 Moments in Time".

The 2017 released "Escape from Luxembourg, 1933-1940", documents the flight from Luxembourg to the United States of America of over 1,000 refugees from Austria, Germany, Poland, and other European countries threatened or invaded by Nazi Germany. These include some 800 Jews; over 200 artists, writers, politicians, and scientists; 56 members of the Grand Ducal Family; royal household; Luxembourg’s government officials and their families; as well as over 60 exiles, who found sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.