Claudio Silingardi

is head of the Istituto storico of Modena and of the
Museo della Repubblica partigiana of Montefiorino. Author of a number of studies on the history of the workers’ movement and the trade union, of anarchy and the Resistance, his most important works include:
Rivoluzio Gilioli, an anarchist in the anti-fascist struggle (1903-1937)(Modena 1984); Cento anni di lavoro. Images of the history of the workers’ movement in Modena (1860-1960), (Milano 1991); (with Angela Remaggi and Carlo Federico Teodoro) Le montagne della libertà. Images of the history of the Partisan Republic of Montefiorino (Modena 1994); Una provincia partigiana. War and Resistance in Modena 1940-1945 (Milano 1998); (with Amedeo Osti Guerrazzi), Storia del sindacato a Modena 1880-1980 (Roma 2002); (with Paola Varesi), Il Museo Cervi tra storia e memoria (Reggio Emilia 2002).