Maria Zazzi
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Maria Zazzi was an Italian anarchist
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She was in the front line in the campaign for Sacco and Vanzetti
. In 1932 she moved to Paris
, where she met the Ukrainian
anarchist Nestor Makhno
and the Russian
Volin
.
In Bologna
, in the late 1950s, she began a relationship with the anarchist Alfonso "Libero" Fantazzini, the father of Horst
.
Anarchism in Italy
Italian anarchism as a movement began primarily from the influence of Mikhail Bakunin, Giuseppe Fanelli, and Errico Malatesta. From there it expanded to include illegalist individualist anarchism, and anarcho-syndicalism. It participated in the biennio rosso and survived fascism...
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She was in the front line in the campaign for Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States...
. In 1932 she moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where she met the Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
anarchist Nestor Makhno
Nestor Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno or simply Daddy Makhno was a Ukrainian anarcho-communist guerrilla leader turned army commander who led an independent anarchist army in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War....
and the Russian
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Volin
Volin
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum , known in later life as Volin or Voline , was a leading Russian anarchist who participated in the Russian and Ukrainian Revolutions before being forced into exile by the Bolshevik Party government...
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In Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, in the late 1950s, she began a relationship with the anarchist Alfonso "Libero" Fantazzini, the father of Horst
Horst Fantazzini
Horst Fantazzini , was an Italian anarchist, writer, and outlaw who used to rob banks with toy guns. He spent most of his life in jail and died in Bologna prison after his last escape attempt. He was the son of the anarchist Libero Fantazzini.In 1974 he published an autobiographical book, Ormai è...
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