Dino Philipson (1889–1972) was an Italian lawyer and anti-Fascist politician who was a member of the Liberal Party. During the Fascist rule he left Italy, but then returned to the country and was arrested by the Fascist authorities.

Early life and education

Philipson was born in Florence in 1889. His father, Edoardo Philipson, was an engineer who was one of the most influential members of the Florentine Jewish Community of the nineteenth century. Philipson was the business partner of

Ubaldino Peruzzi Ubaldino Peruzzi (2 April 1822 – 9 September 1891) was an Italian politician of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Italy. He was twice mayor of Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city ...

who served as the minister of public works for two terms. His mother was Sophie Rodrigues Pereire, daughter of Isaac Pereire, who was a French banker of

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descent from

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. Dino Philipson was raised in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

and obtained a bachelor's degree in law and social sciences in Florence. Following the start of

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he was enlisted in the army and was later promoted to the rank of

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Career and activities

In 1919 Philipson became the president of the Pistoia section of the National Combatants and Veterans Association. The same year he was elected as a deputy from Florence on the list called Liberal Concentration. In the 1921 elections he was also elected to the Parliament from the National Bloc. Later he joined the Liberal Democratic Union. When the Kingdom of Italy totally became under the Fascist rule from 1922 Philipson left the country for Paris, France. There he had connections with the liberal and moderate anti-Fascism movements. Philipson returned to Italy in the mid-1930s. He and Eugenio Coloroni were arrested by the

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(Italian secret police) in October 1938. Philipson detained in

Isole Tremiti The Isole Tremiti, also called "Isole Diomedee" (Diomedes' Islands, from Greek ''Diomèdee'', Διομήδεες) are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a ''"comune"'' of Italy's Province of Foggia ...

for three years and then, was transferred to Sala Consilina and

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in southern

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. After the fall of the Fascist rule he was freed and was appointed undersecretary to

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Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (, ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime ...

in February 1944, but his term was very brief and ended in April 1944. Next Philipson was appointed member of the National Council, the forerunner of the Italian Parliament. He retired from politics and devoted himself to his legal profession and freemasonry. Philipson died in Pistoia in 1972.

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