Italian women in Florence during World War 2 after liberation of Italy. A woman carries water on her head. Women stand in a group near a water point. Women fill water in the vessels. They carry water on their heads.
Former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini’s body is put on display in Milan after his execution in Northern Italy (WWII). Many people gathered in a street in Milan. Dead bodies of Mussolini, his mistress Clara Petacci, and other fascists such as Alessandro Pavolini, Achille Starace and Nicola Bombacci at Piazzale Loreto, near Milano Centrale railway station. People gathered around the bodies as policemen try to control them. Cameramen record the event. Dead bodies of Mussolini, Clara Petacci hanged upside down from a metal girder framework of an Esso gas station.
May Day celebrations in Rome, Italy during World War II. A large crowd gathered at the Piazza Del Popolo. A podium with dignitaries on it. People carry flags and banners. People clap as they listen to the speakers. A man addresses the crowd from the podium. Banners bearing signs in Italian. A girl in the crowd faints and is being attended to. An Egyptian obelsik at the center of the Piazza. A statue in the foreground as people walk past it. People walk down a street as they carry flags.
The end of Italian Fascism in Milan during World War II. People in a car as they move on a street with people on either side. A sign reads ' Regina' outside the Hotel Regina (Via Santa Margherita, 6 20121 Milano MI Italy). People look out from windows in a building. A car pulls up in the street. Women smile as they look down in the street from a balcony. Soldiers of 13th Tank Battalion of United States 1st Armored Division loaded on tanks as they move past the cheering civilians. Cars outside a building. German troops exit the Hotel Regina, used as the SS (Schutzstaffel) headquarters in Milan. German SS troops being questioned outside Hotel Regina. German prisoners seated in a car. Cars on tram tracks. A car being driven on the tracks.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. German prisoners loaded on a truck as they move past civilians. The prisoners smoke cigarettes. A German female prisoner peers from behind the curtains of a bus. Trucks move past the Italian civilians after the surrender of SS ( Schutzstaffel) troops. German officers in a car as they move past a large crowd. People milling about in the streets.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army Colonel Norman Fiske, Deputy Executive Commissioner arranges terms with German officers for the surrender of German prisoners. Hotel Regina in the background.