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Ada Buffulini
Ada Buffulini (28 September 1912 – 3 July 1991) was an Italian medical doctor and anti-Fascist campaigner, who led the resistance movement at Bolzano Transit Camp during the Second World War. Personal life Buffulini was born in 1912 in Trieste, Italy. Aged 18, she moved to Milan to study medicine. She graduated in 1936. She met her husband Carlo Pierino at Bolzano Transit Camp, as they had both been deported there. Campaigning Buffulini joined the Italian Socialist Party after the September 1943 Air raid on Frascati. She moved underground in Milan in November. On 4 July 1944, Buffulini was arrested in Milan. She was at the house of Maria Arata, attending an Italian Socialist Party meeting. The whole group were taken to San Vittore Prison, where Buffulini was held for two months. She was then deported to Bolzano Transit Camp, where she worked as a doctor in the Lager infirmary. Buffulini led the resistance movement at Bolzano, and kept in communication with Lelio Basso. At B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, regional decentralization entity of Trieste. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies close, at approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. As of 2025, it has a population of 198,668. Trieste belonged, as Triest, to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, the monarchy was one of the Great Powers of Europe and Trieste was its most important seaport. As a prosperous trading hub in the Mediterranean region, Trieste grew to become the fourth largest city of the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
