Michele Lanza

Michele Lanza (Turin, June 8, 1906 - Madrid, October 1973) was an Italian diplomat and historian. He graduated in law and began his diplomatic career in 1930. He was First Secretary of the Italian Embassy in Moscow (1930-1934), London (1934-1938) and Berlin (1939 to 1943). Arrested by the Nazis after 8 September for refusing to join the Republic of Salò in Italy and handed to the Fascist authorities he reached the Valsesia and entered the partisan movement where he was …