Walter Audisio (June 28, 1909 in Alessandria – October 11, 1973 in Rome) was an Italian partisan and communist politician. According to the official version, he was responsible for the death of Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator.In school, Audisio rose to the top of his class, and first worked making Borsalino hats during the Great Depression. Next he worked for years as an accountant before entering a group of clandestine anti-fascists in 1931. The local group was discovered by the Italian secret police, the Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism (Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo, or OVRA) and in 1934, Audisio was sentenced to five years confinement on the island of Ponza. Released during World War II, he resumed his activities against the government of Benito Mussolini, and in September 1943 he started to organize the first bands of partisans in Casale Monferrato. During this time he held jobs in the Fascist civil service. Wikipedia
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