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Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini was the Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943.

Person

  • Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
  • Born on: July 29, 1883
  • Born in: Predappio, Italié
  • Died on: April 28, 1945
  • Died in: Guilino de Mezzegra, Italië

Mussolini was an Italian politician, educator, journalist and from 1922 to 1943 fascist dictator. He turned from a socialist to a fascist. In 1922, his supporters marched on Rome. The government fell and Mussolini became the new Prime Minister of Italy. Under Mussolini's regime, Italy attacked Abbysinia and Albania. Mussolini was an ally of Germany during the Second World War. On 25 July 1943, he was deposed and replaced by Badoglio. Freed from captivity, he returned for a short time. Eventually partisans shot him dead near Lake Como.[1] At the request of Fritz Pfeffer, in August 1943 Miep Gies brought with her a forbidden book about Mussolini, endangering the lives of the inhabitants of the Secret Annex, according to Anne.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wikipedia: Benito Mussolini.
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 10 August July 1943, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.