Riccardo Fedel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Riccardo Fedel

Italian guerilla

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1906

Place of Birth: Gorizia, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1944

Profession: partisan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Riccardo (Richard) Fedel (23 August 1906 – 12 June 1944) was an Italian anti-Fascist, Communist political fighter, and war-time partisan leader (codenamed Libero - Free) Born into an aristocratic family on his mother’s side, he became a lifelong anti-fascist from an early age.
He enlisted in the volunteer Army in 1923 in Modena, becoming a Sergeant.
He was discharged in December 1925 following a failed anti-Fascist Action in Ravenna.
His political actions brought him numerous prison sentences.
He became the subject of regular government surveillance for over twenty years and earned a police dossier as being a subversive and dangerous communist.
After the Italian Armistice in September 1943 he became commander of the Garibaldi Brigade Romagna, until his death in April 1944.