biography
| name: |
Pavolini, Alessandro
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pronunciation:
[pavoleenee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–45)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Florence, Tuscany, NC Italy. He joined the Fascist movement at a young age and became an organizer of the Fascist squads. A member of the national directorate, he served as minister for popular culture (1939–43), and after 8 September he set up the ‘black brigades’ to pursue the partisans. He was caught with Mussolini while trying to escape, and executed. |
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