My mother’s cousin was married to a man who had been a personal bodyguard to Mussolini; said cousin met him in South America after the war. I had an opportunity to speak with him a few years ago about the war and Mussolini and it was a very interesting conversation. He was a supporter of M right up until his death. He explained to me tha…
My mother’s cousin was married to a man who had been a personal bodyguard to Mussolini; said cousin met him in South America after the war. I had an opportunity to speak with him a few years ago about the war and Mussolini and it was a very interesting conversation. He was a supporter of M right up until his death. He explained to me that M was a hero, saving Italy from Hitler’s regime. He claimed that M only allied himself with Hitler to prevent Hitler from waging war against Italy. It was amazing to me that after all these years, and so much knowledge about Hitler’s atrocities, he continued to be loyal to him.
As an aside, this gentleman was arrested in Italy and sentenced to death, but he managed to escape to South America, and spent the rest of his life serving as a missionary along with my mom’s cousin.
I know someone who lived in Italy during that timeframe, and that is their view of M too. I wonder if Italians re-wrote history in their storytelling to save face because of the atrocities?
My mother’s cousin was married to a man who had been a personal bodyguard to Mussolini; said cousin met him in South America after the war. I had an opportunity to speak with him a few years ago about the war and Mussolini and it was a very interesting conversation. He was a supporter of M right up until his death. He explained to me that M was a hero, saving Italy from Hitler’s regime. He claimed that M only allied himself with Hitler to prevent Hitler from waging war against Italy. It was amazing to me that after all these years, and so much knowledge about Hitler’s atrocities, he continued to be loyal to him.
As an aside, this gentleman was arrested in Italy and sentenced to death, but he managed to escape to South America, and spent the rest of his life serving as a missionary along with my mom’s cousin.
I know someone who lived in Italy during that timeframe, and that is their view of M too. I wonder if Italians re-wrote history in their storytelling to save face because of the atrocities?