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Zona Farini in Milano in Città Metropolitana di Milano, Lombardy, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
 

Chionna Umberto

 
 
Chionna Umberto Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023
1. Chionna Umberto Marker
Inscription.  
In questa casa visse
Chionna Umberto

28-2-1911

Mathausen 23-4-1945
Caduto per la liberta

English translation:

In this house lived Chionna Umberto (born February 28, 1911, died in Mauthausen, April 23, 1945). He died for Freedom.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 23, 1945.
 
Location. 45° 29.375′ N, 9° 10.984′ E. Memorial is in Milano, Lombardia (Lombardy), in Città Metropolitana di Milano. It is in Zona Farini. It is on Via Carlo Farini, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Via Carlo Farini 35, Milano, Lombardia 20159, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Quartiere Isola (approx. half a kilometer away); Cimitero Monumentale / Monumental Cemetery (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Ettore Bugatti (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Fassolo Giovanni (approx. one kilometer away); Acquario Civico (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Wolfango Amedeo Mozart (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); San Marco (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Laghetto di San Marco / Pond of San Marco (approx. 1.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milano.
 
Also see . . .  Umberto Chionna (chi era costui, in Italian).
Excerpt (in translation): In Brindisi he was a carpenter and in 1927 he was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment by the Special Court on charges of having distributed leaflets signed "Communist Party of Italy". Then, from
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1921 to 1932, he was confined to Lipari. He then moved to Milan, where he found work at Pirelli; here he was an active participant in the strikes of March 1944. For this he was arrested and deported to the concentration camps.
(Submitted on March 19, 2023.) 
 
Chionna Umberto Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023
2. Chionna Umberto Marker - wide view
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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