Italy On This Day

Amazing courage of a young girl who protected her compatriots Stefanina was a courier who helped groups of partisans to communicate Brave te...

Heroic group of partisans earned Gold Medal for Valour A statue in the town of Lanciano honours partisan leader Trentino La Barba The town o...

Anti-Fascists murdered by Nazi firing squad The Cervi family - Alcide and his wife Genoeffa had two daughters as well as seven sons Seven br...

Teenager who gave his life for his city The young partisan Filippo Illuminato, killed at the age of 13 The partisan fighter Filippo ...

Claimed to be the man who killed Mussolini Walter Audisio addressing a Communist Party rally a couple of years after the end of the Se...

Former Communist who led Italian Women’s Union Teresa Mattei was expelled from school for speaking out against Fascist laws The poli...

Anti-Fascist who became union leader and parliamentary deputy Teresa Noce, who became one of the most important female campaigners fo...

Key figure in capture and execution of Mussolini Giuseppina Tuissi came from a strong anti-fascist background near Milan Giuseppina ...

Liberal socialist was a major figure in transition to peace in 1945 Ivanoe Bonomi was prime minister of Italy on two occasions T...