A Jewish wartime resistance hero who was one of the founding fathers of the postwar Italian republic died Saturday at 90. Leo Valiani, who spent years in fascist prisons in the 1920s and 1930s for leftist activities, was a partisan leader during World War II and organized the final anti-fascist uprising on April 25, 1945. Four days later, he signed the announcement of the firing squad execution of deposed dictator Benito Mussolini.
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