Aldo Finzi

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Aldo Finzi (born April 20, 1891 in Legnago , † March 24, 1944 in Rome ) was an Italian officer, fascist politician of Jewish origin, lawyer, sports politician, motorcycle racer , who joined the Resistance at the end of his life and was shot in March 1944 .

Life

His father Emanuele was a liberal industrialist of Jewish origin in Badia Polesine . He married a niece of Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli and joined the Catholic Church. After graduating from high school, he studied law in Parma and continued his studies for three years at the Thuringian technical center in Ilmenau before returning to Italy. He became a city councilor in Badia Polesine and the local representative for Rudge-Witworth motorcycles.

In 1915 he volunteered as a soldier in the fight against Austria because he had not passed the general examination due to lung problems. He became a motorcycle reporter , from 1916 an artillery officer and finally a fighter pilot in the young Italian air force . In 1918 he took part in the legendary propaganda flight over Vienna with Gabriele D'Annunzio .

After the war, he completed his law degree in Ferrara and trained with a lawyer in Milan . In 1920 he joined the fasci di combattimento and in 1921 was a member of parliament in Rome. At the same time, he took part in the Milan-Naples motorcycle race for the newly founded Moto Guzzi and in the Italian road championships on the Moto Guzzi 500.

In 1922 he took part in the March on Rome and became State Secretary for Home Affairs, Deputy Police Chief of Italy and Deputy Head of Aviation in the new Italian government. In 1923 the Luftwaffe became independent and Finzi became its chief commissioner. From 1923, under the influence of his wife, he became more and more conservative and rejected any further fascization of society. He lost political influence and was compensated with the (paid) presidency of CONI (1923–1925). After several attempts to murder Mussolini in 1924, Finzi lost his influence over the security forces, and in 1928 he also lost his seat in the House of Representatives. He then retired to the country and became one of the largest tobacco producers in Italy in Cave (Latium) on his wife's lands. Although he had spoken out against the enactment of the racial laws without hesitation in 1938 , his political career in fascism meant that he suffered less reprisals until he was exiled in 1941 for making critical statements. A year later he was expelled from the Fascist Party. At the end of 1943 he joined the partisans . He was arrested in February 1944, imprisoned in Regina Coeli prison in Rome and shot with 334 other victims on March 24, 1944 during the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves .

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport in Fascist Italy (1922-1933). In: Giselher Spitzer , D. Schmidt (ed.): Sport between independence and external determination. Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Hajo Bernett . P. Wegener, Bonn 1986, pp. 213-226.
  2. ↑ http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/aldo-finzi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
  3. ↑ Giovanni Cecini: I soldati ebrei di Mussolini , Milano 2008 (Mursia), p 137
  4. ↑ Domizia Carafoli, Gustavo Bocchini-Padiglione: Aldo Finzi - Il fascista ucciso alle Fosse Ardeatine , Mursia, Milano 2004 ISBN 978-88-425-3268-2
  5. ^ Gino Finzi: 'Aldo Finzi mio fratello. Badia Polesine, Museo Civico, 1986
personal data
SURNAME Finzi, Aldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian military, politician, sports official and motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Legnago
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1944
Place of death Rome