Mussolini poses with supporters
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini (center) with aides and supporters. They are wearing the attire which gave them the name of blackshirts. Italy, 1920s.
Item ViewGestapo headquarters in Rome, Italy
A building in Rome, Italy, used as Gestapo (secret state police) headquarters during the German occupation. This photograph was taken after US forces liberated the city. Rome, Italy, June 1944.
Item ViewRita Rosani, a member of the Italian resistance
Rita Rosani, a former school teacher who joined the Italian armed resistance immediately upon the German occupation of Italy. She was killed near Verona on September 17, 1944, when her unit was surrounded. Trieste, Italy, 1940.
Item ViewA Jewish partisan's false identity card
False identity card of Jewish partisan Vittorio Finzi, issued in the name of Vittorio Rossi. Italy, wartime.
Item ViewHiding in disguise as a priest
An Italian Jew who survived the war by disguising himself as a priest and living in the Vatican from October 1943 to June 1944. A number of Jews were able to seek refuge in religious houses throughout Rome, including in the Vatican. Rome, Italy, 1943-1944.
Item ViewPortrait of a boarding school class in which a Jewish boy was hidden
Class photograph of students at the San Leone Magno Fratelli Maristi boarding school in Rome. Pictured in the top row at the far right is Zigmund Krauthamer, a Jewish child who was being hidden at the school. Rome, Italy, 1943–44.
Item ViewSeeking protection on a Yugoslavia island
Jewish women and children from Yugoslavia arrive at the camp on Rab island. The Italians concentrated Jews on Rab, which protected them from the Germans. Rab, Yugoslavia, summer 1943.
Item ViewBarracks at an Italian concentration camp
Jewish inmates in their barracks at the Italian concentration camp Ferramonti di Tarsia. Italy, between 1940 and 1943.
Item ViewMussolini during a visit to Germany
During a visit to Germany, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (back to camera) speaks with (left to right): SS chief Heinrich Himmler; Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels; and Nazi governor of Poland Hans Frank. Germany, 1941.
Item ViewHitler and Mussolini meet in Munich
Axis leaders Adolf Hitler and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini meet in Munich, Germany, 1940.
Item ViewJewish youth from Rhodes
A gathering of Jewish youth from Rhodes. Rhodes, photograph taken between 1940 and 1944.
Item ViewBenito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler stand together on an reviewing stand during a official visit to occupied Yugoslavia, 1941–43.
Item ViewItalian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini gives a speech
Thousands gather at the Roman Forum to listen to a speech by Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Rome, Italy, April 12, 1934.
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