biography
pronunciation:
[bateestee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1916)
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| biography:
| Irredentist patriot, born in Trento, Trentino, N Italy. He joined the Socialist party at a very young age and founded the paper L'avvenire del lavoratore (The Worker's Future) in 1896. A deputy in the Austrian parliament, he supported the Italian minorities' desire for autonomy. At the outbreak of World War 1 he joined the Italian army as a volunteer, but was later captured by the Austrians and hanged in the Buon Consiglio castle in Trento. |
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