Mario Fiorentini commanded a group of partisans who fought against Benito Mussolini and Italy’s Nazi occupiers
’s most decorated resistance fighter against fascist and Nazi forces during the second world war, has died in a Rome hospital aged 103.Fiorentini commanded a group of partisans, the name those who fought the regime of the dictator Benito Mussolini and then Italy’s German Nazi occupiers gave to themselves.In one battle, his group emerged victorious against three German battalions. Fiorentini became legendary among partisans for having escaped from Nazi-run jails four times.
Fiorentini escaped on his bicycle, dodging bullets the Germans fired from the windows of the jail, the newspaper said. For his courageous actions, Italy later awarded Fiorentini three silver valour medals and three War Merit Crosses.After the war, Fiorentini turned down an opportunity to run for parliament and instead pursued a mathematics degree. He later taught at universities in Italy, Canada and the US.
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