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keywords:
antifascism in Italy in the twenties "American Communist Youth" Arrest
in USSR - gulag Togliatti - works at the automobile factory Zil.
synthesis:
antifascism in
Italy in the twenties father in the Apulian Socialist Party
departure to Boston militancy for the "American Communist Youth"
arrest in the USA and transfer to
the USSR - Soviet Communist Party arrest and gulag
Italians in the gulags meeting with Togliatti letters to the Heads of
Russian and Italian parties life in the USSR before the arrest family
end of the USSR Communism today. Photos rehabilitation documents
newspaper articles autobiography.
biografia personaggio:
Born at Canosa, in Apulia, in 1912. Father is a member of the Socialist
Party in Apulia. In 1920 migrates with family to Boston where
he becomes a member of the "American Communist Youth". After
organizing a worker's strike he gets arrested and
expelled form the country. Migrates to the USSR in 1933 where he becomes a
member of the Soviet Communist Party. In the same year he gets sent to jail
under the accuse of spying for the USA. After 8 years spent in a
concentration camp, he gets released. Rehabilitated. Dies in 2002. |
