Early life and education← Previous revisionRevision as of 23:34, 20 October 2026 Line 37: Line 37: == Early life and education == == Early life and education == Rosselli was born in [[Rome]] to a wealthy [[History of the Jews in Italy|Tuscan Jewish]] family. His mother, [[Amelia Pincherle Rosselli]], had been active in [[Republicanism in Italy|republican]] politics and thought and had participated in the [[unification of Italy]]. She was also a playwright and children's book author. In 1903, he was taken to [[Florence]] with his mother and siblings. During the [[First World War]], he joined the [[Italian Armed Forces]] and fought in the alpine campaign, rising to the rank of [[second lieutenant]].{{Cite web|url=http://www.archiviorosselli.it/User.it/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it/CRosselli|title=Archivio della famiglia Rosselli|website=archiviorosselli.it|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527215631/http://www.archiviorosselli.it/User.it/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it%2FCRosselli|archive-date=27 May 2016}} Rosselli was born in [[Rome]] to a wealthy [[History of the Jews in Italy|Tuscan Jewish]] family. His mother, [[Amelia Pincherle Rosselli]], had been active in [[Republicanism in Italy|republican]] politics and thought and had participated in the [[unification of Italy]]. She was also a playwright and children's book author. His father, Giuseppe Emanuele "Joe" Roselli (1867-1911) died when Carlo was 12. Both his maternal and paternal families were politically active supporting the [[Unification of Italy|Italian Risorgimento]]. In 1903, he was taken to [[Florence]] with his mother and siblings, when his parents separated. After Italy joined the the [[First World War]], in 1915, his brother Aldo, joined as the army as an officer and died in 1916 in combat, posthumously receiving a silver medal for valor. Carlo joined the [[Italian Armed Forces]] and fought in the alpine campaign, rising to the rank of [[second lieutenant]].{{Cite web|url=http://www.archiviorosselli.it/User.it/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it/CRosselli|title=Archivio della famiglia Rosselli|website=archiviorosselli.it|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527215631/http://www.archiviorosselli.it/User.it/index.php?PAGE=Sito_it%2FCRosselli|archive-date=27 May 2016}} Beginning in 1917 Carlo contributed to the publication ''Noi giovani'' (We, the Young"), which had been founded by his brother [[Nello Rosselli|Nello]]. ⚫ After the war, through the influence of his brother [[Nello Rosselli|Nello]], Rosselli studied in Florence with [[Gaetano Salvemini]], who would thereafter remain a constant companion of both the Rosselli brothers. It was in this period that he became a socialist, sympathetic to the reformist ideas of [[Filippo Turati]], in contrast to the [[revolutionary socialist]] thinking of [[Giacinto Menotti Serrati]]. In 1921, he graduated with a degree in political sciences from the [[University of Florence]] with a thesis about [[syndicalism]]. He later undertook a law degree, which he would pursue in [[Turin]] and [[Milan]], where he met [[Luigi Einaudi]] and [[Piero Gobetti]]. He graduated in 1923 from the [[University of Siena]]. For several weeks, he visited [[London]] where he studied the workings of the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which would deeply influence him and his ideology. ⚫ After the war, through the influence of his brother Nello, Rosselli studied in Florence with [[Gaetano Salvemini]], who would thereafter remain a constant companion of both the Rosselli brothers. It was in this period that he became a socialist, sympathetic to the reformist ideas of [[Filippo Turati]], in contrast to the [[revolutionary socialist]] thinking of [[Giacinto Menotti Serrati]]. In 1921, he graduated with a degree in political sciences from the [[University of Florence]] with a thesis about [[syndicalism]]. He later undertook a law degree, which he would pursue in [[Turin]] and [[Milan]], where he met [[Luigi Einaudi]] and [[Piero Gobetti]]. He graduated in 1923 from the [[University of Siena]]. For several weeks, he visited [[London]] where he studied the workings of the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which would deeply influence him and his ideology. == Rise of fascism == == Rise of fascism ==