Eduino Francini (17 December 1925 – 27 March 1944) was an

Italian partisan The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italy, Italian Resistance during World War II, resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic ...

Biography

Francini was born in

Massa Carrara The province of Massa-Carrara () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province. History The province of "Massa e Carrara" was born in 1859 from t ...

and grew up in

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. He was the commander of a partisan company which played an important role in the ''insurrection of Sansepolcro'' (19 March 1944) against the

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occupation. Some days later, he was captured and killed with eight comrades in Villa Santinelli (

Umbertide Umbertide () is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Perugia, in the Italian region of Umbria, at the confluence of the Reggia river and the Tiber. It is 30 km (19 mi) north of Perugia and 20 km (12 mi) south ...

), after a long fight with superior Nazi forces.

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* * * * * * * 1925 births 1944 deaths Italian resistance movement members {{Italy-bio-stub