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Michele Centrone

Known for
anarcho-syndicalist carpenter figure
Born
Died

Biography

Italain carpenter, anarchist propagandist, anarcho-syndicalist and anti-fascist fighter, is shot in the head and dies during the Battle of Monte Pelado on the Aragon front, between Huesca and Almudébar (Aragon, Spain), one of the first Italians to fall there.

December 30, 1879, Castellana Grotte, Province of Bari, Italy, To the US 1905; Italian; father Antonio Centrone, mother Rosa (Baccarelli) Centrone; Carpenter; Anarchist; Domicile San Francisco; Deported to Canada; Left for Spain from Paris shortly after the outbreak of the civil war, among the first volunteers; Served with the Italian Francisco Asco Column led by Carl Rossi; Killed in action on August 28, 1936, at Monte Pelato on the Aragon Front; Politically active since the end of the last century, He collaborated with the anarchist periodical La Protesta Umana and conducted intense political activity.