Iole Mancini (Partizan).
Rome, 07/11/18. Today, ANPI Roma (National Association of Italian Partizans) celebrated the 100th birthday of Partizan GAP Commander Prof. Mario Fiorentini holding a fully booked public event at the Casa della Memoria e della Storia di Roma (House of Memory and History of Rome). Mario Fiorentini (AKA, Giovanni, as the Apostle; Gandhi, due to be very skinny; Fringuello, due to a launch with a parachute; Dino, as he is called in Piedmont,...
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Iole Mancini (Partizan).
Rome, 07/11/18. Today, ANPI Roma (National Association of Italian Partizans) celebrated the 100th birthday of Partizan GAP Commander Prof. Mario Fiorentini holding a fully booked public event at the Casa della Memoria e della Storia di Roma (House of Memory and History of Rome). Mario Fiorentini (AKA, Giovanni, as the Apostle; Gandhi, due to be very skinny; Fringuello, due to a launch with a parachute; Dino, as he is called in Piedmont,
https://bit.ly/2PL1IHn) was the Commander of the GAP "Antonio Gramsci" in Rome. The GAPs - Gruppi di Azione Patriottica (Patriotic Action Groups,
https://bit.ly/2K3jCmJ) were famous because their members, called "Gappisti", carried out acts of sabotage & guerrilla warfare against nazi-fascist troops in cities such as Rome, Milan, Genova, Bologna and others. In Rome, Mario Fiorentini, along with his wife Lucia Ottobrini "Maria" and other partizans, took part in numerous acts of guerrilla including the "Attack of Via Rasella" on 23 March 1944 (Aredeatine Massacre on Wikipedia,
https://bit.ly/2ASTk0a). The Man of "Three Lives in One", as Mario Fiorentini is usually described: "Humanist, GAP Partizan, Mathematician", was a roman communist intellectual member of a Jewish family who joined the Partizans Resistance (
https://bit.ly/20uiWFf) after the 8 September 1943 Armistice. Subsequently the end of WWII, Mario, helped by his wife, studied math becoming Professor of Superior Geometry at the University of Ferrara and a globally-known Mathematician.
More info about event & organisers:
https://bit.ly/2D96uYA &
https://bit.ly/2SUD3yZ
ANSA Doc (in ITA) "Mario e Lucia, di guerra e d'amore"
https://bit.ly/1Dg7Ntj
For my stories:
Holocaust Memorial Day 2018
https://bit.ly/2PH23uX
25 Aprile Evviva I Partigiani
https://bit.ly/2kO5wqg
Centocelle: Gold Medal For Antifascist Resistance
https://bit.ly/2AVgnHV
Forza Nuova (far-right) Rally - ANPI & Antifascists Counter Protest
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