Lio Lenzi
Lio Lenzi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mayor of Grosseto | |
| In office 17 June 1944 – 10 June 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Angelo Maestrini (podestà) |
| Succeeded by | Renato Pollini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 13, 1898 Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
| Died | September 26, 1960 (aged 61) Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Communist Party |
| Profession | glazier |
Lio Lenzi (13 November 1898 – 26 September 1960) was an Italian politician.
He was the first Mayor of
Biography
Lenzi was born in
anti-fascist movement Arditi del Popolo opposing the National Fascist Party blackshirts.[2] Being persecuted after the establishment of the fascist government, Lenzi moved to Grosseto in 1926 where he started to work as glazier and kept promoting communist ideology in that city.[2][3] For this reason he was beaten and severely injured by the fascists in 1937.[2][4]
During World War II he joined the Resistance movement and established the Grosseto National Liberation Committee (CLN) in 1943 together with various local representatives of the other clandestine parties.[1][4][5]
After the
Mayor of Grosseto by the CLN with the approval of the Allied forces led in Grosseto by colonel R.A.B. Hamilton on 17 June 1944.[1][5][6] He was confirmed Mayor of Grosseto on 27 March 1946 as the result of the first democratic elections held on 10 March.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Bonifazi, Emilio (2015). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto. pp. 41–46.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e "Note autobiografiche del primo sindaco di Grosseto, Lio Lenzi, scritte nel 1954 (AISGREC, Fondo Resistenza)". Toscana Novecento (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Bianciardi, Luciano (31 July 1952). "Nascita di uomini democratici". Belfagor. Florence.
- ^ a b Banchi, Aristeo (1993). Si va pel mondo. Grosseto: Arci. pp. 76, 104.
- ^ a b Chioccon, Francesco (1985). "Resistenza e alleati in provincia di Grosseto". In Nicla Capitini Maccabruni (ed.). La Maremma contro il nazi-fascismo. Grosseto: La Commerciale. pp. 63–71.
- ^ Luciana Rocchi. "La liberazione di Grosseto". Toscana Novecento (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
Bibliography
- Banchi, Aristeo (1993). Si va pel mondo. Grosseto: Arci.
- Bonifazi, Emilio (2016). Grosseto e i suoi amministratori dal 1944 al 2015. Grosseto.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Capitini Maccabruni, Nicla (1985). La Maremma contro il nazi-fascismo. Grosseto: La Commerciale.
External links
- Luciana Rocchi. "La liberazione di Grosseto". Toscana Novecento (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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