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Guglielmo Corradini 1896 - 1941 Edit

Born 6.6.1896 in Scandiano
Died 11.8.1941 in Gusen

Biography

Born in Scandiano, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy on 6 June 1896.

Son of Anselmo and Benvenuta Prampolini.

Profession: cement worker.

As a socialist, he expatriates to Paris, France, on 20 September 1922 after having suffered a violent search of his home in Scandiano by the fascists. He actively participates in the political life of the exiled socialists in France, as a member of the Paris Executive Committee of the Italian Socialist Party. In February 1936 he resided in Jaulges, Department of Yonne.

In November 1936 he left to enlist in the ranks of the International Brigades in Spain where he fought in the Centuria "Gastone Sozzi" and in the International Artillery Brigade "Antonio Gramsci".

He escapes in February 1939 after the victory of the fascists in Spain and is interned in France in the camps of Gurs and Argelès. He is drafted into the French Army Labor Companies and captured in Dunkirk during the German offensive. Recognized as a former fighter in Spain, he was sent to Mauthausen where he arrived on 25 January 1941 under number 4939. On 17 February 1941 he was transferred to Gusen where he died on 11 August 1941 of bronchial pneumonia.

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