Dino Philipson

Philipson was born in Florence in 1889.[1] His father, Edoardo Philipson, was an engineer who was one of the most influential members of the Florentine Jewish Community of the nineteenth century.[1] Philipson was the business partner of Ubaldino Peruzzi who served as the minister of public works for two terms.[1] His mother was Sophie Rodrigues Pereire, daughter of Isaac Pereire, who was a French banker of Sephardi descent from Portugal.[1]

Dino Philipson was raised in Pistoia and obtained a bachelor's degree in law and social sciences in Florence.[1] Following the start of World War I he was enlisted in the army and was later promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[1]

In 1919 Philipson became the president of the Pistoia section of the National Combatants and Veterans Association.[1] The same year he was elected as a deputy from Florence on the list called Liberal Concentration.[2] In the 1921 elections he was also elected to the Parliament from the National Bloc.[1] Later he joined the Liberal Democratic Union.[1] When the Kingdom of Italy totally became under the Fascist rule from 1922 Philipson left the country for Paris, France.[1] There he had connections with the liberal and moderate anti-Fascism movements.[1]

Philipson returned to Italy in the mid-1930s. He and Eugenio Coloroni were arrested by the OVRA (Italian secret police) in October 1938.[3] Philipson detained in Isole Tremiti for three years and then, was transferred to Sala Consilina and Eboli in southern Campania.[1] After the fall of the Fascist rule he was freed and was appointed undersecretary to Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio in February 1944,[4] but his term was very brief and ended in April 1944.[5] Next Philipson was appointed member of the National Council, the forerunner of the Italian Parliament.[1] He retired from politics and devoted himself to his legal profession and freemasonry.[1]

Philipson died in Pistoia in 1972.[1]

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