Ada Buffulini

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.

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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

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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]

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