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Cervi Brothers
Stamp ofKyrgyzstan with the seven Cervi Brothers
Cause of death	Murder
Nationality	Italian
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TheCervi Brothers (Italian:Fratelli Cervi) were the seven sons ofAlcide Cervi (1875–1970) and Genoeffa Cocconi (1876–1944), born inCampegine,Emilia-Romagna. The brothers and their father became renowned for their activities in theorganized resistance toItalian fascism.

After theItalian Social Republic was founded byBenito Mussolini in the north of Italy, the brothers were among many members of theItalian resistance movement that suffered a crackdown by thefascist authorities. In November 1943, their house was surrounded by military forces and they surrendered after running out of ammunition during the ensuing firefight. They were taken to prison in the nearby city ofReggio Emilia along with their father. In December, a fascist secretary was killed by a lone gunman inBagnolo in Piano. In retaliation, all seven Cervi brothers, along with Quarto Camurri, were taken to the shooting range in Reggio Emilia and shot.

Alcide Cervi, who was suffering from bad health, was able to escape sometime later after the Allies bombed the prison. Their story was told, among others, by him. He survived the end ofWorld War II and died in 1970.^[1]

The seven brothers were named^[2] Gelindo (b. 1901); Antenore (b. 1906); Aldo (b. 1909); Ferdinando (b. 1911); Agostino (b. 1916); Ovidio (b. 1918); and Ettore (b. 1921). They had two sisters, Diomira and Rina. Aldo Cervi is survived by a son, Adelmo,^[3] who was seven months old when his father was executed.

For their actions of resistance, the brothers were posthumously awarded theSilver Medal of Military Valor, and their surname, Cervi, can be found in street names around Italy. A school inCollegno, nearTurin, is named in their honour.

Multiple songs have been written in tribute to the brothers:

• Compagni Fratelli Cervi (anonymous)
• Sette fratelli (Mercanti di Liquore [it] andMarco Paolini)
• La pianura dei sette fratelli (Gang [it], also byModena City Ramblers inAppunti partigiani [it]^[4][5])
• Campi Rossi (Casa del Vento)
• Papà Cervi raggiunge i sette figli (Eugenio Bargagli)

There is also the 1968 filmThe Seven Cervi Brothers (I sette fratelli Cervi), directed byGianni Puccini.

• Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
• Italian resistance movement members

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