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In an attempt to bring hidden films to light, we present this footage of Walter Audisio, one time accountant, who did the actual shooting of Mussolini, makin...
- 4 min
- 87K
- British Pathé
- The Fall of IL Duce
- Capture
- Who Gave The Order?
- Mussolini’s Execution
- Dealing with The Body
- Controversy and Conspiracy Theories
Mussolini was one of the several far-right leaders who took control of their countries following the First World War. He sought to make Italy stronger, oppressing his own people and invading other countries to do so. He was so influential that the name of his Fascist party has since been adopted as a catch-all term for extreme right-wing politics b...
On the 27th of April, Mussolini, and other Fascist leaders were travelling under the protection of a German convoy. Near the village of Drongo, communist partisans led by Pier Luigi Bellini delle Stelle and Urbano Lazzaro attacked the convoy, bringing it to a halt. 50 Fascist leaders and their families, including Mussolini and his mistress Claretta...
On the 25th of April, as Mussolini began his flight, a decree had been issued by the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia (CLNAI), the partisan leadership. It declared that the Fascist leaders were to be punished with death for bringing oppression and destruction upon their country. The question of who gave the order for Mussolini’s summar...
There are also conflicting accounts of the execution. The most widely accepted came from the broadly similar stories of Audisio and Lampredi. Early on 28 April, Audisio and Lampredi drove to Dongo. There they met with Bellini delle Stelle, who as commander of the local partisans had been responsible for the prisoners. Some sort of meeting or tribun...
Following their execution, Mussolini and Petacci’s bodies were taken to Milan, along with those of other Fascist leaders. Many of the men captured along with Mussolini had been executed at Drongo, and their bodies were now put on display in a square where, a year earlier, partisans had been killed and their bodies displayed by the Fascist authoriti...
Over a dozen different accounts exist of Mussolini’s death and the events leading to it. Theories range from the action of a covert British operative to a fake execution hiding a suicide. But the publication in 1996 of Lampredi’s previously secret account, which largely matches Audisio’s, has led most credible historians to accept their account.
A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, Audisio was involved in the death of Benito Mussolini, and personally executed the dictator and his mistress Clara Petacci according to the generally accepted account of the event.
Aug 4, 2016 · The most widely accepted came from the broadly similar stories of Audisio and Lampredi. Early on 28 April, Audisio and Lampredi drove to Dongo. There they met with Bellini delle Stelle, who as commander of the local partisans had been responsible for the prisoners.
At a Communist rally in Rome in March 1947, a former partisan named Audisio was officially proclaimed before an audience of 40,000 as the killer of Mussolini and Petacci. This occurred during a campaign for the Italian Parliament, and he was elected.
Sep 5, 2006 · Walter Audisio, also known as Colonel Valerio, was said to have killed Mussolini after being given orders to do so. But Guido Mussolini's lawyer said research showed Mr Audisio was not...
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Oct 13, 1973 · Responding once to complaints that he had denied Mussolini access to a priest before his death, Mr. Audisio said: “Realizing what that man had done to Italy, should I have worried about his...
