Mario Piraccini
Born in 1903 in Cesena, in the province of Forlì, Mario moved to Sesto and was hired at Falck as the secretary to the director of the Concordia plant. He did not hide his socialist ideas, even though his activity within the factory organization—arranging for draft evaders to be sent to the mountains—was extremely dangerous.
In fact, it was due to a denunciation that he, Natale Canducci, and Athos Gori were summoned to the Management office at 12:00 PM on December 6, 1943. Five people had been summoned, but thanks to a warning from Piraccini, two of them managed to go into hiding. As soon as the others entered the office, they were seized by the Fascist police accompanied by several SS members. They were searched, loaded into a car, and sent to the prison set up in the Villa Reale of Monza, where authorities tried unsuccessfully to extract the names of all the organizers despite threats and beatings.
He was then imprisoned for six months at San Vittore, where everyone came to know him; testimonies speak of the solidarity and moral support he provided to anyone in need. On June 9, he was sent to the Fossoli transit camp; from there, at the end of July, to the Bolzano camp, and finally, on August 5, his name was read on the list of those to be sent to Mauthausen.
But his journey was not yet over: less than twenty days later, he was transferred to the horrific Gusen concentration camp. His physical endurance lasted only three months: he died on November 26 at the age of 39 from septicemia caused by a wound to his arm.
In fact, it was due to a denunciation that he, Natale Canducci, and Athos Gori were summoned to the Management office at 12:00 PM on December 6, 1943. Five people had been summoned, but thanks to a warning from Piraccini, two of them managed to go into hiding. As soon as the others entered the office, they were seized by the Fascist police accompanied by several SS members. They were searched, loaded into a car, and sent to the prison set up in the Villa Reale of Monza, where authorities tried unsuccessfully to extract the names of all the organizers despite threats and beatings.
He was then imprisoned for six months at San Vittore, where everyone came to know him; testimonies speak of the solidarity and moral support he provided to anyone in need. On June 9, he was sent to the Fossoli transit camp; from there, at the end of July, to the Bolzano camp, and finally, on August 5, his name was read on the list of those to be sent to Mauthausen.
But his journey was not yet over: less than twenty days later, he was transferred to the horrific Gusen concentration camp. His physical endurance lasted only three months: he died on November 26 at the age of 39 from septicemia caused by a wound to his arm.