Giuseppe Sorge


Giuseppe Sorge was an Italian historian, prefect and director of the public security. He was born in Sutera, Sicily.

Biography

He came from a rich and distinguished family of Mussomeli. Son of Carmelo Sorce, administrator of the goods of Lanza Branciforte of Trabia, and of Maria Crocifissa Nola. In 1884 he married Maria Carolina Crima, nephew of Paolo Paternostro, Red Cross nurse who died during the First World War to fatal disease he contracted in the hospital in Brescia where he lavished.
He graduated in law at the College of San Rocco, Palermo. Admitted in service on 12 May 1880, in 1887 he was appointed Regio delegato straordinario of Bronte, during the epidemic of cholera. In 1892 appointed as regio delegato of Acireale and shortly after, he was appointed as sub-prefect of Termini Imerese and in that period, he was involved in the bloody repression of the Fasci Siciliani. He was later appointed Prefect of Girgenti and subsequently in Lecce where he founded a consortium for health supervision security in the province of Terra d'Otranto. In 1909 he was appointed Prefect of Brescia and Naples where he was appointed Prefect of first class. He relocated to Brescia. Later assigned to Venice where it was placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Interior which appointed him Director General of Public Security under the Ministry Orlando. He ceased office on 25 February 1919.
He died in Palermo on 13 February 1937. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Ursula Palermo, next to his wife Maria Carolina Crima.

Recognitions

He was promoted to Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Books

  • "Mussomeli dall'origine all'abolizione della feudalità, 1910–1916"
  • "Il cantore di Rosa fresca: divagazioni d'un dilettante"
  • "I Teatri di Palermo nei secoli XVI-XVII-XVIII, Saggio Storico"
  • "Mussomeli nel secolo XIX, Cronache dal 1812 al 1900"

Letters and Speeches

  • "Relazione al Consiglio comunale di Bronte" relation red on 26 November 1887 from regio delegato straordinario avv. Giuseppe Sorge.
  • Letter to G.Lodi
  • "Sull'azione spiegata dal Ministero dell'Interno e dalle Prefetture per l'applicazione della Legge 19 giugno 1913 n. 632 contro l'alcoolismo" relation presented to the "Commissione di Statistica e Legislazione" at Ministry of Justice in April–May 1918
  • "Sulle dimostrazioni antiaustriache del 1914 – Lettera aperta a S.E. Antonio Calandra"
  • "Testimonianza resa al tribunale di Palermo da Giuseppe Sorge quale direttore generale di P.S. il 1º ottobre 1917 in relazione al magazzino dei generi requisiti a navi nemiche "
  • Letter to Luigi Sturzo