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Ada Buffulini
Italian anti-fascist Ada Buffulini
Born	(1912-09-28)28 September 1912 Trieste, Italy
Died	3 July 1991(1991-07-03) (aged 78)
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Doctor
Known for	Anti-Fascist campaigner

Ada Buffulini (28 September 1912 – 3 July 1991) ^[1] was an Italian medical doctor and anti-Fascist campaigner, who led the resistance movement at Bolzano Transit Camp during the Second World War.

Personal life

Buffulini was born in 1912 in Trieste, Italy. ^[2] Aged 18, she moved to Milan to study medicine. ^[3] She graduated in 1936. ^[3] She met her husband Carlo Pierino at Bolzano Transit Camp, as they had both been deported there. ^[4]

Campaigning

Buffulini joined the Italian Socialist Party after the September 1943 Air raid on Frascati. ^[3] She moved underground in Milan in November. ^[3]

On 4 July 1944, Buffulini was arrested in Milan. ^[2] She was at the house of Maria Arata, attending an Italian Socialist Party meeting. ^[5] The whole group were taken to San Vittore Prison, ^[5] where Buffulini was held for two months. ^{[1] [3]} She was then deported to Bolzano Transit Camp, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where she worked as a doctor in the Lager infirmary. ^[6] Buffulini led the resistance movement at Bolzano, ^[3] and kept in communication with Lelio Basso. ^[3] At Bolzano, she also met Communist leader Carlo Venegoni [ it]. ^[1] In February 1945, the SS locked Buffulini up in the cells. ^[1]

In 2008, a road in Bolzano was dedicated to Buffulini on the 63rd anniversary of the liberation of the Bolzano camp. ^{[1] [2]}

Publications

• Buffulini, Ada, The Bolzano Lager (1976) ^[7]

References