1. Eugenio Curiel was an Italian-Jewish physicist, a prominent figure of the Italian resistance movement.
17 Facts About Eugenio Curiel
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Eugenio Curiel was awarded a gold medal for military valour.
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Eugenio Curiel was the first of four children of a Jewish family of comfortable circumstances.
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Eugenio Curiel's father, Giulio Curiel, was an engineer in the San Marco workshops of Trieste, and his mother, Lucia, was the sister of the Florentine philosopher, Ludovico "Ludo" Limentani.
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Eugenio Curiel pursued these studies at the Institute of the Philosophy of Law, where he became friends with Ettore Luccini and Enrico Opocher.
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In 1935, Eugenio Curiel became a member of the small communist cell at Padua University, which was led by Braun, Guido Goldschmied and Renato Mieli.
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Eugenio Curiel contributed articles on union issues from 1937 onwards for the magazine Il Bo, the university newspaper.
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Eugenio Curiel formed contacts with Emilio Sereni, Ambrogio Donini and Ruggiero Grieco.
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In early 1938, Eugenio Curiel was ordered by the president of the Confederation of Italian Unions, Tullio Cianetti to present himself there.
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Eugenio Curiel was asked to pay attention to attempts by 'subversives' to infiltrate fascist organisations.
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Eugenio Curiel traveled to Switzerland, where, with the help of Sergio De Benedetti, he managed to make his way to the Parisian foreign office of the Communist party.
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Eugenio Curiel's intention was to set up a unified front of action uniting communists, socialists, and activists of the Justice and Liberty movement, though the activists were decidedly opposed to the proposition.
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In February 1939, Eugenio Curiel returned to Milan, where he lodged with his sister Grazia.
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Eugenio Curiel then attempted to enter France illegally but was stopped at the border and consigned to the Swiss police, who accompanied him back to the frontier with Italy.
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Eugenio Curiel was in Trieste on the 24 June 1939 when the police identified and arrested him.
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On 21 August 1943, following the collapse of the fascist regime, Eugenio Curiel left the island to join the resistance in Milan.
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Eugenio Curiel was the cousin of Henri Curiel, a political activist in Egypt and France, and the KGB spy George Blake.