Giorgio Marincola

Giorgio Marincola
Born(1923-09-23)23 September 1923
Mahaday, Italian Somalia[1]
Died4 May 1945(1945-05-04) (aged 21)
Stramentizzo, Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy
NationalityItalian
OrganizationGiustizia e Libertà[2]
Known forPartisan
Parents
  • Giuseppe Marincola (father)
  • Aschirò Hassan (mother)
Relatives
  • Isabella Marincola (sister)
  • Rita Marincola (half-sister)
  • Ivan Marincola (half-brother)
AwardsGold Medal of Military Valour

Giorgio Marincola (23 September 1923 – 4 May 1945) was a Somali-Italian partisan who was killed in the last days of the Second World War. He is believed to be the only Somali to have earned the Gold Medal of Military Valour, Italy's second highest military award for gallantry.

  1. ^ Ihrig, Stefan (August 2010). "Razza partigiana: storia di Giorgio Marincola, 1923–1945". European Review of History. 17 (4): 676–677. doi:10.1080/13507486.2010.497305. S2CID 143593653.
  2. ^ "Razza partigiana". ANPI (in Italian). 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.