Nello Rosselli
Sabatino "Nello" Rosselli | |
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| Born | Sabatino Enrico Rosselli 29 November 1900 Rome |
| Died | 9 June 1937 (aged 36) Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France |
| Occupation | Political leader, journalist, historian and anti-fascist activist |
| Nationality | Italian |
Sabatino Enrico 'Nello' Rosselli (Rome, 29 November 1900 – Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, 9 June 1937) was an Italian
Socialist
leader and historian.
Biography
Rosselli was born in
socialist politics, helping to found the group Giustizia e Libertà and aiding the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
, as well as carrying out propaganda missions within Italy.
Murder
In June 1937, Nello went to visit his brother, Carlo, at the French resort town of
French fascist group, with archival documents implicating Mussolini's regime in authorizing the murder.[2][3][4][5] The two brothers were buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, but in 1951 the family moved them to Italy into the Monumental Cemetery of Trespiano, a frazione of Florence.[3]
His wife Maria Todesco, their four children Silvia, Paola, Aldo and Alberto, and his mother Amelia Pincherle Rosselli survived him.
References
- ^ "Archivio della famiglia Rosselli". www.archiviorosselli.it. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ Stanislao G. Pugliese (1999). Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile. Harvard University Press. p. 221.
- ^ S2CID 154546885.
- JSTOR 20028925.
- ISBN 1-55849-466-9
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