To prevent it from falling into the hand of the Nazis, Ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA, secretely took the trophy from the bank in Rome where it was kept after Italy's 1938 victory and hid it in a shoebox under his bed throughout the World War II.
Kako bi sprečio da padne u ruke nacista, italijanski potpredsednik FIFA Otorino Barasi tajno ju je odneo iz banke u Rimu gde je čuvana posle pobede Italije 1938. i sakrio je u kutiji za cipele pod svojim krevetom za vreme Drugog svetskog rata.