Preparations for the burial of former Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini in Milan, Italy. The dead body of Mussolini on a mortician's table with a mutilated face and marks of stitches on his chest. People gathered around the body. The dead body of Clara Petacci, Mussolini's mistress in a casket.
The end of Fascism in Milan, Italy (World War II). A large crowd goatherd near the Esso gas station at Piazzale Loreto where dead bodies of Mussolini and other Fascists were hanged in Milan. Signs on the roof of the gas station. A sign reads 'Mussolini Petacci' indicating the point from where their dead bodies were hanged upside down. People gathered in front of a wall. On the wall is a picture of Mussolini and other Fascists who died with him. A woman empties a bowl in a box placed in front of the picture. A crowd gathered in the street as they watch the SS (Schutzstaffel) troops leave Hotel Regina (Via Santa Margherita, 6 20121 Milano MI Italy) in trucks and vehicles.
German troops surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army 91st Recon vehicles parked in front of La Scala opera house (Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) being mobbed by civilians. Tank men seated atop vehicles as civilians talk to them. Crowds line up along the streets as U.S. tanks and infantrymen move past. Tanks in the streets. Smoke rises in the background.
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.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. German prisoners come out from Hotel Regina and get into cars and trucks. Female prisoners board a bus. German prisoners in a truck as it pulls away. German officers seated in open sedans as they move past Italian civilians gathered along the roadside. The civilians strike, hit, beat and throw things in the cars.