collectionstill image Halftone photomechanical prints 1940-1950. gmgpc 1945. ita Reproductions of news photographs of the public hanging of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci on April 29, 1945 in Milan. Includes close-up views of heads; corpses hanging upside down for public display. Also includes view of the corpse of Achille Starace after he was shot and views of other corpses hanging and on the ground. Also includes views of troops repressing mob. Title devised by Library staff. These reproductions were available for sale at newstands in Padua in June, 1945. Prints have ink stamp: "Interdeparmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications". Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Death & burial. Petacci, Clara, 1912-1945--Death & burial. Starace, Achille, 1889-1945--Death & burial. World War, 1939-1945--Aftermath--Italy--Milan. Dead persons--Italy--Milan--1940-1950. Hangings (Executions)--Italy--Milan--1940-1950. Executions--Italy--Milan--1940-1950. Crowds--Italy--Milan--1940-1950. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cphquery.html Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...,"