Francesco Fausto Nitti (born 2 September 1899 in Pisa – died 28 May, 1974, in Rome) was a journalist and fighter against fascism

Fascism

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. His father Vincenzo (1871-1957) was evangelical preacher of the Italian Methodist Church

Italian Methodist Church

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. His mother was Paola Ciari (1870-1932).

He was arrested and exiled 1 December 1926, went to Spain in March 1937. Rejoining his family at Tolosa

Tolosa, Spain

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, in 1946 he returned to Italy

Italy

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. Taking a variety of roles in anti-fascist associations, he was director of the Anpi- based review “Independent Native land” and became a commune councilman in Rome

Rome

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Nitti died in Rome on May 28, 1974.

Sources

• Translation of Italian Wikipedia entry
• Francesco Fausto Nitti, Escape: The personal narrative of a political prisoner who was rescued from Lipari, the fascist "Devil's Island". Putnam(1930) ASIN: B0006AKUZY
• Francesco Fausto Nitti, Nitti F. F., Le nostre prigioni e la nostra evasione, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 1946.
• FrancescoFausto Nitti, Neofascismo allo specchio, ANPPIA, Roma,1968.
• Francesco Fausto Nitti, Chevaux 8 – Hommes 70, Éditions Chantal, Toulouse, 1944. The escape from the train deporting him to Germany.
• Francesco Fausto Nitti, Il maggiore è un rosso, Edizioni Avanti! Milano - Roma, 1953. The taking part in Spanish Civil War.
• Pietro Ramella, Francesco Fausto Nitti - L'uomo che beffò Hitler e Mussolini, Aracne editrice, Roma, 2007. Biography of F.F. Nitti.