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Anti-fascist partisan, math prodigy Mario Fiorentini dies at 103
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their local consulate before 4 p.m. on Sept. 22. In a recent statement about election
security, Cristiana Mele, the consulate general of Italy for Philadelphia region, reminded voters that it is against the law to share their ballots with anyone.
“Elections are always a fundamental moment for any democratic system,” she said. “Constitutional principles establish
the secrecy of the vote and the obligation to vote individually and only once, without sharing or transferring electoral material
to third parties. The electoral law ensures that violations of these provisions will be prosecuted as a crime.”
Learn more about the snap election by visiting www.consfiladelfia.esteri.it or calling the consulate at (215) 592-1219. IAH
as the British Special Forces Medal. Fellow partisan Iole Mancini wrote a book about
her experiences in fighting alongside Mr. Fiorentini in the resistance, while mathe- matician and numbers theory specialist Paulo Ribenboim has collected Mr. Fiorentini's vast output of mathematical papers. Mr. Fiorentini lived with his grandson, Suriel Capodacqua, for the last 26 years of his life. IAH
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ROME – Mario Fiorentini, one of the
few surviving anti-fascist partisans of World War II Italy, passed away on Aug. 12 at age 103. The flag of the National Association of Italian Partisans (A.N.P.I.) draped his coffin. An honor guard consisting of other surviving partisans and smartly uniformed Carabineri were present at his wake in Rome. His group helped to liberate Rome from the Nazis in June of 1944. His late wife, Lucia Ottobrini, fought alongside him and was present at the liberation of Rome. She passed away in 2015.
Mr. Fiorentini, whose father was Jewish, was a math prodigy and loved to teach mathematics. Originally a member of a partisan group in Bologna, he became involved with units throughout northern and central Italy when the Germans took over occupation and defense of that region after the collapse of the fascist regime.
Mr. Fiorentini was honored with the Donovan Medal by the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the C.I.A., as well
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