Francesco Fausto Nitti
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Born 2 September 1899 in Pisa, Died 1 May, 1974, in Brescia.
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[edit] Family
His father Vincenzo (1871-1957) was evangelical preacher of the Italian Methodist Church : ...
His mother, Paola Ciari (1870-1932):
[edit] First World War
[edit] Rise of Fascism
[edit] Arrest and Exile
1 December 1926
[edit] Spain
In March 1937
[edit] France and the Resistance
[edit] Return to Italy
Rejoining his family at Tolosa, in 1946 he returned to Italy. Taking a variety of roles in anti-fascist associations, he was director of the Anpi- based review “Independent Native land” and became a commune councilman in Rome.
Nitti was killed on 1 May 1974, in a neo-fascist bombing in Brescia in which 28 died.
[edit] Sources
- Translation of Italian Wikipedia entry
- Francesco Fausto Nitti, Escape: The personal narrative of a political prisoner who was rescued from Lipari, the fascist "Devil's Island". Putnam(1930) ASIN: B0006AKUZY
