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Sergio Flamigni, PCI Lawmaker and Moro Case Investigator, Dies at 100

His namesake archive preserves a trove that fuels research into Italy’s years of terrorism.

Overview

  • The Archivio Flamigni announced the death of Sergio Flamigni at the age of 100.
  • A former partisan, he served in Parliament for the PCI from 1968 to 1987 and took part in Antimafia work as well as the Moro and P2 inquiry commissions.
  • He became a leading scholar of the Aldo Moro case, publishing books including "La tela del ragno", "Trame atlantiche" and "Convergenze parallele".
  • In 2005 he founded the Archivio Flamigni to make his extensive documentation on terrorism, massacres, the mafia and P2 available to researchers.
  • The archive praised a life devoted to democracy, the Constitution, institutions, historical memory and the pursuit of truth.