''L'Italia Libera'' (meaning ''Free Italy'' in English) was the newspaper of the

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organization and political party

Partito d'Azione The Action Party (, PdA) was a liberal-socialist political party in Italy. The party was anti-fascist and republican. Its prominent leaders were Carlo Rosselli, Ferruccio Parri, Emilio Lussu and Ugo La Malfa. Other prominent members included L ...

(abbrev: Pd'A) (Action Party).

History and profile

''L'Italia Libera'' was founded in July 1942. The first issue of the paper appeared in January 1943. It was published by the Action Party. The paper was published on a press in the basement of premises at Via Basento 55, in

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, until it was raided in November 1943.Short biography of Leone Ginzburg
Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia (ANPI), Retrieved 30 October 2010.

Leone Ginzburg Leone Ginzburg (, ; 4 April 1909 – 5 February 1944) was an Italian editor, writer, journalist and teacher, as well as an important anti-fascist political activist and a hero of the resistance movement. He was the husband of the renowned author ...

was the editor until his arrest (and subsequent murder) in 1943.

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served as the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the paper between 1945 and 1946.

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* 1942 establishments in Italy Defunct newspapers published in Italy Italian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Rome Newspapers established in 1942 Publications with year of disestablishment missing Anti-fascism in Italy {{Italy-newspaper-stub