Eduino Francini Explained

Eduino Francini (17 December 1925 – 27 March 1944) was an Italian partisan.

Biography

Francini was born in Massa Carrara and grew up in Sansepolcro. He was the commander of a partisan company which played an important role in the insurrection of Sansepolcro (19 March 1944) against the Nazi-Fascist occupation. Some days later, he was captured and killed with eight comrades in Villa Santinelli (Umbertide), after a long fight with superior Nazi forces.

Bibliography

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• Catia Del Furia . March 2003 . La lapide di Villa Santinelli . L'Altrapagina. it .
• Luca Madrignani . 21 October 2007 . Insurrezione e lotta armata a Sansepolcro . Patria Indipendente . 25-27 . 26 August 2009 . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20090711051243/http://www.anpi.it/patria_2007/009/25-27_MADRIGNANI.pdf . 11 July 2009 . dead .
• Web site: La vita di Eduino Francini. Provincia di Arezzo - Progetto Memoria. 25 August 2009. it. 6 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041147/http://memoria.provincia.ar.it/biografie/eduino_francini.asp. dead.
• Web site: Eduino Francini - Decorazioni. Provincia di Arezzo - Progetto Memoria. 25 August 2009. it. 6 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041303/http://memoria.provincia.ar.it/biografie/eduino_francini_medaglia.asp. dead.