10 juni 1924: socialistisch leider Giacomo Matteotti (1885-1924) vermoord

Carbonell 2002: 12
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Giacomo Matteotti was born in Italy in 1885. Matteotti, the leader of the United Socialist Party in the Chamber of Deputies, led the campaign against Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party.
On 10th June 1924, Matteotti disappeared from Rome. His body was found in a shallow grave three days later.
(note Lucas Tessens: in fact his body was found TWO MONTHS later)
His death provoked anti-fascist demonstrations but King Victor Emmanuel III refused to sack Benito Mussolini and reintroduce democracy.
src: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmatteotti.htm (20030623)
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1885–1924, Italian Socialist leader; the outstanding opponent of the Fascist regime during its early days. He was a member of parliament, and his murder by Fascist hirelings precipitated a parliamentary crisis that Mussolini overcame by disavowing the murder and by tightening police control. With the crushing of the opposition aroused by Matteotti’s assassination, Mussolini’s dictatorship may be said to have begun. The murderers and their accomplices received only nominal sentences.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/Matteott.html (20030623)
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zie ook: MATTHIJSEN, J. W. (1936), Matteotti. Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers 1936, Uitgegeven in samenwerking met de V.A.R.A. reeks 'Grote democraten'. 45 pag. 1e druk Ingenaaid met slappe kaft.
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zie ook