Clarice Petacci ( Italian Clarice Petacci ; also known as Clara or Claretta ( Italian Clara , Italian Claretta ); February 28, 1912 , Rome - April 28, 1945 , Medzegra ) - Italian aristocrat, Benito's last mistress Mussolini . Killed with him.
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Origin and association with Mussolini
Born in the family of a doctor Francesco Saverio Petacci, who led the clinic in Rome and at one time was the personal doctor of Pope Pius XI . From early childhood she became a fanatical fan of Mussolini. She wrote letters to him, which, however, did not reach Mussolini, settling in the secretariat. On April 24, 1932 , she met on a car ride with Mussolini and managed to draw his attention to herself, after which relations between them began. By that time, she was the bride of the lieutenant of the Air Force Academy Riccardo Federice (divorced him in 1936). Mussolini was also married (to Raquel Mussolini ); the age difference between him and Clara was almost 30 years.
Clara's proximity to Mussolini raised the status of the Petacci family, creating opportunities for favoritism and corruption, the main character of which was her brother Marcello Petacci. In 1939, Clara received the luxurious Villa Camiluccia in the center of Rome.
1943-1945
After the overthrow of Mussolini, Clara was arrested (July 25, 1943) and held in custody until September 8, when she was released after the signing of the armistice in Kassibil. After that, the Petacci family moved to Northern Italy, which was under the control of German troops. She was given a villa in Garodon, near the "capital" of Mussolini - Salo.
On April 23, the Petacci family, who was in Milan (except for Clara and Marcello, who were at Mussolini), was transported by plane to Madrid.
Doom
On April 27, 1945, Mussolini, together with Clara and several fascist leaders, tried to leave Italy , settling in in a convoy of German trucks. However, the escort was stopped by the picket of the 52nd Garibald brigade (the commander was Pedro Count P. Bellini della Stelle, the commissar was Bill U. Lazzaro). After the shootout, the partisans agreed to let the Germans pass, subject to the extradition of Italian fascists to them. They tried to pass off Mussolini as a German, having changed into the uniform of a non-commissioned officer of the Luftwaffe, in connection with which he and Clara were forced to separate. However, Commissioner Bill and Communist Partisan D. Negri identified Mussolini, after which he was arrested, and Petacci voluntarily rejoined him. The Nazis created a group to liberate Mussolini, but the group was detained by Communist guerrillas. Mussolini and Petacci were sent to the village of Giulino di Medzegra , where they were kept in a peasant house in strict secrecy. Meanwhile, the Allied command, learning about the arrest of Mussolini, persistently demanded that the Committee for National Liberation transfer the dictator to him. Not wanting to transfer Mussolini to the Americans, a group of Communist members of the CCW decided to execute the dictator. To this end, Colonel Valerio (Walter Audio) was sent with a detachment to Giulino di Mezzegra, equipped with a mandate that vested him with extraordinary powers on behalf of the CCW. Mussolini and Petacci were taken to the Villa Belmonte , at the fence of which it was decided to shoot Mussolini. Audio invited Petacci to step aside, but she grabbed onto Mussolini's sleeve and tried to block him with her body. As a result, she died with Mussolini.
The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were brought to Milan , where they were hanged upside down at a gas station near Piazza Loreto . Together with them were hanged the bodies of several other leaders of the Republic of Salo , executed by partisans. After that, the ropes were cut, and the bodies lay for some time in the gutter. On May 1, Mussolini and Petacci were buried in the Milan cemetery of Cimitero Maggiore , on the site for the poor.
Marcello Petacci was killed in a shoot-out with partisans, on the same day as his sister, while trying to escape to Switzerland with a large sum of money and valuables.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2013.
Literature
- A. Vinogradova. The End of Mussolini // Questions of History, No. 5, 1990, p. 166
- Ciano Galeazzo , The Diary of the Fascist. 1939-1943. M.: Publishing house "Platz", Series "The primary sources of recent history", 2010, 676 p. ISBN 978-5-903514-02-1
- Petacci Claretta. The Secret Mussolini. Diaries of 1932-1938 M .: Ripol classic, 2013.528 s. ISBN 978-5-386-05064-1 .