Eduino Francini (17 December 1925 – 27 March 1944) was an Italian partisan.
Biography
Francini was born in Massa Carrara and grew up in Sansepolcro. He was the commander of a partisan company which played an important role in the insurrection of Sansepolcro (19 March 1944) against the Nazi–Fascist occupation. Some days later, he was captured and killed with eight comrades in Villa Santinelli (Umbertide), after a long fight with superior Nazi forces.
Bibliography
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- Giovanni Ugolini (2001) [1945]. È passata la rovina a Sansepolcro. Cronaca cittadina dall’8 settembre 1943 al 3 settembre 1944 (in Italian). Sansepolcro: Grafiche Borgo.
- Andrea Bertocci (24 June 2007). “L’insurrezione popolare di Sansepolcro e la battaglia di Villa Santinelli” (PDF). Patria Indipendente (in Italian) (6): X–XI. Retrieved 25 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
- Catia Del Furia (March 2003). “La lapide di Villa Santinelli”. L’Altrapagina (in Italian).
- Luca Madrignani (21 October 2007). “Insurrezione e lotta armata a Sansepolcro” (PDF). Patria Indipendente (in Italian): 25–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- “La vita di Eduino Francini”. Provincia di Arezzo – Progetto Memoria (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- “Eduino Francini – Decorazioni”. Provincia di Arezzo – Progetto Memoria (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2009.