to Graz to join the Italian students who, asking for more government concessions in school, had blocked university activities. Both were injured in clashes with German ethnic elements. After graduating in law from the University of Graz in 1910, he returned first to Trieste and then to Rovereto, where he devoted himself to being a lawyer at the law firm of Antonio Piscel. Military career He deserted the Austro-Hungarian army to fight, as a volunteer for Italy, in the First World War. On 10 July 1916 the Vicenza Battalion, formed by the 59th, 60th, 61st Companies and a Marching Company commanded by Lieutenant Cesare Battisti, of which the second lieutenant Filzi was subordinate, received the order to occupy Monte Corno (m. 1765) on the right of the Leno in Vallarsa. Capture and death sentence He was taken prisoner together with Cesare Battisti on 10 July 1916 and recognized immediately after his superior. Almost certainly the Austrians had been informed for some days of the presence of Battisti in the area, but not that of Filzi. In the episode, the Trentino soldier Bruno Franceschini, an Austrian soldier, was present during the hours of the capture of the two irredentists. With Battisti, he was brought to Trento, tried and sentenced to death for high treason. The sentence was executed by hanging at 19.30 on 12 July 1916 in the Buonconsiglio Castle, Austria-Hungarian Empire, now Buonconsiglio Castle in Italy. In Arzignano, a town where he was a guest before leaving for the front, a monument was dedicated to him. Honours HMS Upright sunk the Italian freighter Fabio Filzi on 13 December 1941. HMS Utmost had earlier attacked and missed the freighter on 12 December 1941. In 1966 had his likeness on an Italian postage stamp One of the Tunnels (No. 13) in the Strada delle 52 Gallerie is named after him. Fausto Filzi In September 1916, following the execution, Fabio's brother Fausto Filzi decided to return to Italy from Argentina, the place where he was working, to avenge his brother's martyrdom. Arriving in command of Verona on 21 October he volunteered in the 9th Artillery regiment from Fortress with the rank of second lieutenant. He died on June 8, 1917, on Monte Zebio in a battle which earned him the silver medal for military valour. Bibliography Notes References - Total pages: 232 - Total pages: 624 1884 births 1916 deaths People from Trento