Adriano Tardelli (1896 - 1 February 1945) was an Italian resistance activist during World War II.
Tardelli was born in Capanne di Careggine. During the Second World War he led dozens of people to safety (Jews, Slavs, Roma, homosexuals, deserters, partisans, members of resistance groups) crossing with a small group at a time over the Gothic Line. While roped together in the darkness, they crossed the well-known Apennine Mountains, where he had been born and later lived with his wife and their nine children.
Before being executed, Tardelli took his shoes off and asked them to be given to the poor.
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