Edmondo Rossoni

Edmondo Rossoni (1884-June 8, 1965), Italian Fascist. Born in Tresigallo, a small town in the province of Ferrara, in 1884 to a working class family, Rossoni was imprisoned in 1908 for his revolutionary activities as a syndicalist. Leaving Italy for the United States, he worked in socialist organizations there before editing the nationalist newspaper La Tribuna, which was renamed L'Italia Nostra. A renegade from socialism, Rossoni joined the Fascists in 1921. After the March on Rome, he continued his political activities before becoming undersecretary to the President of the Fascist Grand Council from 1932 to 1935. He served as Italian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 1935 to 1939. In this capacity, he ordered the replanning and reconstruction of his native town of Tresigallo along rational lines, intending to transform it into a "new town" of Italy.

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1884 - June 8 - 1965 - Fascist - Tresigallo - Ferrara - 1908 - Syndicalist - Italy - United States - Socialism - 1921 - March on Rome - 1932 - 1935 - 1939

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Rossoni made himself famous on July 25, 1943, by making of vote of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, for which he was condemned to death in absentia. After escaping to Canada, he returned to Italy in 1947 after his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

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July 25 - 1943 - Benito Mussolini - Canada - Italy - 1947 - Death sentence

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