Born 2 September 1899 in Pisa, Died 28 May, 1974, in Rome
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Family
His father Vincenzo (1871-1957) was evangelical preacher of the Italian Methodist Church : ... His mother, Paola Ciari (1870-1932):
First World War
Rise of Fascism
Arrest and Exile
1 December 1926
Spain
In March 1937
France and the Resistance
Return to Italy
Rejoining his family at Tolosa, in 1946 he returned to Italy. Taking a variety of roles in anti-fascist associations, he was director of the Anpi- based review “Independent Native land” and became a commune councilman in Rome. Nitti died in Rome on May 28th, 1974.
Sources
- Translation of Italian Wikipedia entry
- Francesco Fausto Nitti, Escape: The personal narrative of a political prisoner who was rescued from Lipari, the fascist "Devil's Island". Putnam(1930) ASIN: B0006AKUZY
- Francesco Fausto Nitti, Nitti F. F., Le nostre prigioni e la nostra evasione, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 1946.
- FrancescoFausto Nitti, Neofascismo allo specchio, ANPPIA, Roma,1968.
- Francesco Fausto Nitti, Chevaux 8 – Hommes 70, Éditions Chantal, Toulouse, 1944. The escape from the train deporting him to Germany.
- Francesco Fausto Nitti, Il maggiore è un rosso, Edizioni Avanti! Milano - Roma, 1953. The taking part to Spanish Civil War.
- Pietro Ramella, Francesco Fausto Nitti - L'uomo che beffò Hitler e Mussolini, Aracne editrice, Roma, 2007. Biography of F.F. Nitti.
