In 1982 Jesse translated from Italian into English about 200 pages from the unpublished diaries of Fey von Hassell, who had grown up in Rome in the 1930s as daughter of the German ambassador. The translation precipitated Fey’s 1987 book, “Storia Incredibile†and subsequent best-selling versions in English and German. Fey’s story is now dramatized in a 3-hour special on Italian television, “I Figli strappati.”