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Does anyone know how lil duce died?

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  1. He was fleeing Italy, with his mistress and officials, travelling with the retreating Germans and dressed in German uniform. Partisans recognized him and apprehended him, along with his retinue. They were executed ... etc as per Wikipedia article above.


  2. The shootings took place in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra. According to the official version of events, the shootings were conducted by "Colonel Valerio" (Colonnello Valerio). Valerio's real name was Walter Audisio. Audisio was the communist partisan commander who was reportedly given the order to kill Mussolini by the National Liberation Committee. When Audisio entered the room where Mussolini and the other fascists were being held, he reportedly announced: "I have come to rescue you!... Do you have any weapons?", He then had them loaded into transports, driven a short distance, Audisio ordered "get down", Petacci hugged Mussolini and refused to move away from him when they were taken to an empty space. Shots were fired and Petacci fell down, just then Mussolini opened his Jacket and screamed "Shoot me in the chest!". Audisio shot him in the chest, Mussolini fell down but he didn't die, he was breathing heavily, Audisio went near and he shot one more bullet in his chest. Mussolini's face looked as if it he had significant pain, Audisio said to his driver "Look at his face, the emotions on his face don't suit him". The other members were also lined up before a firing squad later the same night.[55][citation needed]

    Mussolini's body

    On April 29, 1945, the bodies of Mussolini and his mistress were taken to the Piazzale Loreto (in Milan) and hung upside down on meathooks from the roof of a gas station, then stoned by civilians from below. This was done both to discourage any fascists from continuing the fight and as an act of revenge for the hanging of many partisans in the same place by Axis authorities. The corpse of the deposed leader became subject to ridicule and abuse.

    After his death, and the display of his corpse in Milan, Mussolini was buried in an unmarked grave in Musocco, the municipal cemetery to the north of the city. On Easter Sunday 1946 his body was located and dug up by Domenico Leccisi and two other neo-Fascists. Making off with their hero, they left a message on the open grave: "Finally, O Duce, you are with us. We will cover you with roses, but the smell of your virtue will overpower the smell of those roses."

    On the loose for months—and a cause of great anxiety to the new Italian democracy—the Duce's body was finally 'recaptured' in August, hidden in a small trunk at the Certosa di Pavia, just outside Milan. Two Fransciscan brothers were subsequently charged with concealing the corpse, though it was discovered on further investigation that he had been constantly on the move. Unsure what to do, the authorities held the remains in a kind of political limbo for 10 years, before agreeing to allow them to be re-interred at Predappio in Romagna, his birth place, after a campaign headed by Leccisi and the Movimento Sociale Italiano.

  3. Benito Mussolini  (29 Jul 1883 - 28 Apr 1945)

    AKA 'Il Duce' (The Leader).

    With Germany's defeat imminent, Mussolini attempted to flee to Switzerland disguised as a German soldier but was recognised by Italian partisans and captured on 27 April. He and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot and killed near Lake Como the following day.

    Their bodies were then transported to Milan where they were hung by the feet with piano wire in Piazza Loreto for public display and humiliation. All of Italy rejoiced at the downfall of the dictator and the end of the conflict.

    Mussolini's body was buried in an unmarked grave at the Musocco cemetery outside Milan. On 23 April 1946 it was dug up by a neo-fascist and hidden. Over three months later it was retrieved by the police and secretly interred in the chapel of the Cerro Maggiore convent near Milan. On 31 August 1957 Mussolini's remains were permanently laid to rest at the family plot in Predappio.

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