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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. == Family and early life == Richard, John the Baptist Fedel was born in Gorizia, north east Italy (at that time part of the Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian Empire) on 23 August 1906 of an aristocratic family. His mother was Augusta Bedolo, daughter of a Venetian patriot. Her brother Charles Bedolo was a mining engineer who had emigrated to South America. She married Biagio Fedel, a wine merchant from Istria, with whom she had two children: Riccardo (born 1906) and Anna (born 1908). In 1912, his father Biagio died whilst journeying to Buenos Aires attempting to reach his wife’s brother Charles in South America. As a result, the family's economic conditions worsened progressively, and a year later the family sold all their properties in Istria, Gorizia and moved to Milan. In 1915 during World War I, the family received the status of refugees being ethnic Italian of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they stayed in Milan, where Riccardo completed elementary school, and attended the boys technical college in Tortona. During school holidays Richard visited Mestre, to the villa of Count Gustav Soranzo (an ancient Venetian noble family), his great-uncle from his mother’s family the Bousquet’s. It was during one of these holidays that Riccardo, just thirteen; joined the Italian Fascists and remained a member until 1923. However, at seventeen he changed his political views becoming a communist, and in 1923 enlisted in the volunteer Army. He attended the Military Academy of Modena, becoming a Sergeant. He was discharged in December 1925 following a failed anti-Fascist Action in Ravenna, and became the subject of Police surveillance and earned a police dossier as being a subversive and dangerous communist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riccardo Fedel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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