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Scala in Milano in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Milano, Lombardy, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
 

Roberto Veratti

 
 
Roberto Veratti Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023
1. Roberto Veratti Marker
Inscription.  
Da questa casa
culla della resistenza
mosse
Roberto Veratti
apostolo d'umanitΰ
contro le insidie della lotta clandestina
one si logoro e spense la sua vita
consacrata
all’ ideale della libertΰ

English translation:

From this house, a cradle of resistance, Robert Veratti, an apostle of humanity, moved against the pitfalls of the clandestine struggle that wore him out and snuffed out his life, a life consecrated to the ideal of freedom.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is December 24, 1943.
 
Location. 45° 28.176′ N, 9° 11.527′ E. Memorial is in Milano, Lombardia (Lombardy), in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Milano. It is in Scala. It is on Via Alessandro Manzoni, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Via Alessandro Manzoni 16, Milano, Lombardia 20121, 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 Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La Contessa Clara Maffei (within shouting distance of this marker); Albert Einstein (within shouting distance of this marker); Giuseppe Verdi
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Luigi Porro Lambertenghi, Silvio Pellico (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Museo Poldi Pezzoli (about 120 meters away); Federico Confalonieri (about 120 meters away); Palazzo Anguissola (about 180 meters away); Carlo Emilio Gadda (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milano.
 
Also see . . .  Robert Veratti (Wikipedia, in Italian).
Overview and WW2 (in translation): Roberto Veratti (Milan, May 13, 1902 - Milan, December 24, 1943) was an Italian lawyer and partisan.

During the Second World War he resumed contact with the clandestine socialist organization (Movimento di Unitΰ Proletaria) and in 1943 he was the representative of the PSI in the Anti-Fascist Committee of Milan. After the fall of Mussolini (July 25, 1943) he entered the management of the PSIUP, the name assumed by the Socialist Party, and with Rodolfo Morandi he was at the helm of the Milanese editorial staff of Avanti!. After the armistice (8 September 1943) he was the representative of the socialist party in the Upper Italy National Liberation Committee. Being engaged in clandestine
Roberto Veratti Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2023
2. Roberto Veratti Marker - wide view
activity, and wanted by the Nazi-fascists, he contracted severe septicemia which, since it could not be treated, led him suddenly to death.
(Submitted on March 24, 2023.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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