Benito Mussolini
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led the Kingdom of Italy as a fascist dictatorship from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. Known under his rule
Mussolini in 1939
Birthplace of Mussolini in Predappio; the building now hosts exhibitions on contemporary history.
Mussolini's booking file following his arrest by the police on 19 June 1903, Bern, Switzerland
Mussolini in the early 1900s
Clara Petacci
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Clara "Claretta" Petacci was a mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. She was killed by Italian partisans during Mussolini's summary execution.
Benito Mussolini
…north Italy, the Italian Social Republic, which served as a collaborationist regime of Germany. With Allied victory imminent, Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci attempted to flee to Switzerland, but were captured by communist partisans and summarily executed on 28 April 1945. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini…
The bodies of Mussolini (second from the left) and Petacci (recognizable by her skirt) displayed at Piazzale Loreto. The first corpse on the left is Nicola Bombacci. The last two on the right are Alessandro Pavolini and Achille Starace.
The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci in Piazzale Loreto
Claretta Petacci's tomb at the Campo Verano cemetery in Rome