15 Facts About Pietro Nenni

Pietro Nenni was a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1951.

Pietro Nenni was one of the founders of the Italian Republic and a central figure of the Italian political left from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Pietro Nenni defended Italy's participation in the war but tried not to alienate his socialist friends.

Pietro Nenni had worked in Paris as a correspondent of the Avanti in 1921 and had become acquainted with Leon Blum, Marcel Cachin, Romain Rolland and Georges Sorel.

Pietro Nenni went on to fight with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.

Pietro Nenni was the co-founder and the political commissar of the Garibaldi Brigade.

Pietro Nenni was captured and deported to Auschwitz, where she was murdered on 15 July 1943, aged 28.

In 1944, Pietro Nenni became the national secretary of the PSI again, favoring close ties between his party and the PCI.

Pietro Nenni was Minister for the Constitution, and in October 1946 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs in the second De Gasperi government.

In 1956, Pietro Nenni broke with the PCI after Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary.

Pietro Nenni returned the award and donated the Prize money to the International red Cross.

Pietro Nenni formed a centre-left coalition with Saragat, Aldo Moro and Ugo La Malfa, and favored a reunion with the PSDI.

In 1969, a disillusioned Pietro Nenni virtually retired and Francesco De Martino took his place.

Pietro Nenni resigned as head of the PSI and was made a senator for life in 1970 and in 1971 he ran unsuccessfully for President of Italy.

Pietro Nenni is commemorated in the writings of Charlotte Delbo.