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Commandante Giovanni Pesce 1918-2007

category international | miscellaneous | news report author Saturday July 28, 2007 12:39author by kbranno

Commandante Giovanni Pesce, veteran of the International Brigades in Spain and Partisan leader in Italy has died at the age of 90.

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Giovanni Pesce was born in France to a family of anti-fascist Italian emigres working as miners. He joined the Communist Party and fought in the Spanish Civil War for the International Brigades.

Returning to France after the German occupation in June 1940 he was handed over to the Italian dictatorship by the pro-Nazi puppet regime running southern France. In July 1943 he was released from detention after Mussolini’s fall from power. He travelled north and became a partisan fighter.

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Giovanni Pesce 1918 - 2007 RIP

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