#OtD 14 Sep 1944 Jewish-Italian resistance fighter, Franco Cesana, was killed in action fighting Nazi occupation forces in Gombola, aged 12. Fighting with the nom de guerre of "Balilla", he was one of the youngest Italian partisans to die in battle https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon