Carlo Rosselli
Carlo Rosselli (born November 16, 1899 in Rome , † June 9, 1937 in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne , France ) was an Italian politician , historian and publicist who, together with his brother Nello in French exile by Cagoulards - members of a far-right group - was murdered.
Life
Carlo Rosselli was the son of a Jewish family who lived in Florence from 1903 . In 1921 he completed his political science studies in Florence. He then studied law at the University of Siena and received his licentiate in 1923 .
As a socialist, he used political means to defend himself against fascism in Italy . In 1927, for example, he organized the escape of the former socialist leader Filippo Turati from Italy into exile in France. For helping to escape, he was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. During his imprisonment he wrote his only work, Socialismo liberale .
In July 1929 he managed to escape from a prison on Lipari . Via Tunisia he reached Paris , where his wife Marion Cave lived. His daughter Amelia Rosselli , who later became a poet, was born there in 1930 . He joined other Italian anti-fascists and founded the Giustizia e Libertà organization with them . He planned Giovanni Bassanesi's flight over Milan , during which anti-fascist leaflets were dropped.
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War , he fought on the side of the Republican forces in Spain from August 1936. Because of a war injury he had to return to Paris six months later, where he again worked as a journalist.
On June 9, 1937, he stayed in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne for a thermal treatment with his brother Nello. There they were murdered on the road by members of the Cagoule, probably on behalf of Benito Mussolini . The criminal trial against her alleged nine assassins did not take place until October 1948, after the end of the Second World War .
literature
- Mauro Cerutti: Rosselli, Carlo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 7, 2009 , accessed March 10, 2020 .
- Caroline Moorehead : A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini . Chatto & Windows, 2017
Web links
- Biography on Leonardo.it (Italian)
- Website Circolo Rosselli Milano (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b P. Giova: Fascist consequence . In: Socialist Wait . tape 12 , July 1, 1937, p. 297 f . ( dnb.de [accessed December 30, 2011]).
- ^ Lucy Hughes-Hallett : A Bold and Dangerous Family by Caroline Moorehead review - anti-fascist heroes . In: The Guardian , June 7, 2017; review
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosselli, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, historian and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1937 |
| Place of death | Bagnoles-de-l'Orne , France |