2026-07-14 17:36 UTC
July 14, 1902: On this date, Ada Gobetti was born. She was was an Italian teacher, journalist and antifascist leader. She wrote articles for antifascist magazines in the 1920s. During the war, she smuggled pro-democracy literature past SS checkpoints and caches of guns & dynamite into the Susa valley. (1/2)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Gobetti
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@MNSpy@mastodon.online 2026-07-14 17:37
From Sep 1943 to Italy’s liberation in April 1945 Ada Gobetti ran a network of safe houses in Turin for antifascists in need of refuge. She survived WW2 & in 1956 published her autobiography based on her wartime diary, written in cryptic English code. She died March 14, 1968. On Oct 2, 1978 she was posthumously awarded the Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor for her role in the anti-fascist resistance movement. (2/2) #WW2 #Italy #Resistance #antifa https://spectator.com/article/the-woman-who-invented-the-italian-resistance/?edition=us