Lodovico Nulli

Lodovico Nulli managed a small hide tanning company in Covelo, part of the Iseo municipality. Of a liberal political persuasion, he was identified as an anti-Fascist during World War II. Together with his wife and three children he was arrested in his home by the German SS on 12 September 1944 and deported from Verona to the Gries (Bolzano) concentration camp the following day.

An admirer of the political thought of Luigi Einaudi (second President of the Italian Republic), after the War Nulli became politically active in the P.L.I., Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party), and became the mayor of Iseo.

A sports lover, Nulli practiced swimming and shooting at a competitive level, participating at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. For more than 20 years, Nulli was at the top of Italian shooting, obtaining many international awards. Nulli won nine Italian titles from 1925-53.