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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Apr 28, 2024, 07:50 AM Apr 2024

Graphic: On this day, April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed.

This day in 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are both summarily executed by Italian partisans in Giulino di Mezzegra, Italy.

The bodies were then taken to Milan, where they were hung upside down to publicly confirm their demise. #WW2





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Graphic: On this day, April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 OP
Italians deemed the mistress to be equally culpable... hlthe2b Apr 2024 #1

hlthe2b

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1. Italians deemed the mistress to be equally culpable...
Sun Apr 28, 2024, 08:46 AM
Apr 2024

History is replete with enabling or otherwise deplorable women held equally responsible to the worst men--something I think is forgotten from time-to-time.

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