Murder of Mussolini

Murder of Benito Mussolini

The fable and the false narrative

It must never be forgotten that Mussolini was MURDERED by seven Marxist terrorists. The bias in favor of Communist explanations is perhaps best revealed in the established account concerning Mussolini's gruesome end. Invariably we read of him being "executed by Italian partisans," wich always fails to mention that these "Italians" were getting their orders from Moscow. The two narratives that "the people rose up against him" like some mob, or that he was "lawfully executed" are complete and total lies that do not survive even three minutes of actual investigation.

Basics

The grotesque murder of Benito Mussolini, possibly the most loved man in Italian history, occurred on April 27-28, 1945, in the final days of the World's war against Communism, when he was murdered by Communist Partisans in the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy. The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan, has been debunked, though this narrative is still pushed by communists today. Since the end of the war, the circumstances of Mussolini's murder, and the identity of his executioner, have been subjects of continuing dispute as Marxists continue to push this failed narrative as if it were fact.

The Murder

On April 25, he left Milan, where he had been based, and headed towards the Swiss border. He had plans to negotiate a peace conference (possibly a surrender) in Switzerland with the hopes of ending the fighting. He and his paramour, Claretta Petacci, were captured on April 27 by Communist sympathizers near the village of Dongo on Lake Como, bordering Switzerland. According to those present, Mussolini and Petacci were murdered after a night of torture, possibly accidently killed during torture.

Appalled onlookers

The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were taken to Milan and hung by their heels by their murders, in a suburban square, the Piazzale Loreto, before a large angry crowd turned on the Communists. They were hung upside down from a metal girder above a service station on the square (at which time Petacci's bloodied privates were exposed, and the crowd's demeanor began to switch from shock to rage), taken down by the crowd, rehung by the communists, at which time some members of the crowd attacked. The police chief was forced to use a fire-hose on the attacking members of the appalled crowd, who were once again taking down the mutilated bodies. The single firehose was largely ineffective, and several of the communists were trapped by the crowd, some with guns drawn but with orders not to fire. These men, and one woman, were rescued by a US patrol that arrived on the scene from the opposite side of the city. The bodies were once again brought down, and reverently placed into a loving embrace by the distressed onlookers. US forces maintained order as an impromptu procession formed, hundreds of saddened Italian citizens viewing the bodies. The communists returned in force, dispersed the crowd, and took control of the bodies.

The Aftermath

Initially, Mussolini was buried in an unmarked grave but, in 1946, his body was dug up and stolen by anti-Communist patriots. Later it was recovered by the authorities who then tried to keep it hidden for the next eleven years. They failed, and in 1957, his remains were again rescued by patriots and finally allowed to be interred in the Mussolini family crypt in his home town of Predappio. His tomb is visited daily, and has become a place of pilgrimage for historians, patriots, fascists, and of course family.

A Debunked Communist Narrative

Even though he was a villain, and she his mistress, I felt sorry for them. It could not properly be called an interrogation at all. The men were like animals. It was an orgy of torture, sodomy and rape. It was quite barbaric.
—Urbano Lazzaro

In the post-war years, the "official" communist version of Mussolini's murder has been rightfully questioned in Italy, and debunked, (but, generally, not internationally) in a manner that has drawn comparison with the John F. Kennedy assassination story. Nobody really believes the Communist story anymore. Even the Italian government has concluded that the communist narrative is not possible. Some journalists, politicians and historians, doubting the veracity of Audisio's account, have advanced a more plausable fact-base timeline as to how Mussolini was tortured and murdered, and who was responsible. Most Italians place Luigi Longo as the actual triggerman. In his 1993 book "Dongo: half a century of lies", the partisan leader Urbano Lazzaro, who was present, repeated the fact that he had stated earlier that Luigi Longo and not Audisio, was "Colonnello Valerio".

Critisism

The Communists killed Mussolini without legal process

Regardless of which of the communists pulled the trigger, in each case the man who murdered Mussolini made a public confession, published in the Daily Express, or on a book, or on TV, gloating over the treacherous and cowardly method of his action. In particular they each claim to have shot Mussolini’s paramour. Was she on not even on any list of war criminals. None of these confessors had any authority from anybody to shoot this woman. There was no "authority" other than the Communist Party at all. In fact, the only orders given to any of these communist partisans came directly from Moscow. None of these confessions claim otherwise.

The Communists killed his lover, who was not even involved

With the murder of Clara Petacci the horror was there immediately in 1945 among most Italians. She was well loved. It is fascinating that all the communist accounts of the murder before, finally, some truth slipped out in 1996, claimed Petacci had thrown herself before Mussolini and so chosen death. Except she was going to be gunned down anyway, and it is interesting that the same report states that the communists never even considered sparing her. Various second-hand witnesees give different accounts, but all agree she was to die anyway. The eyewitness accounts and photographic evidence of sexual torture, make her murder all that much worse.

Who was Colonel Valerio?

According to the communist account, Mussolini's supposed executioner, Walter Audisio, travelled under an alias: Colonel Valerio. There is no evidence of this. He later claimed to have held a miniature "war tribunal" with fellow communists, in order to "officially" condemn the beloved leader to death. However, Urbano Lazzaro, the man who'd arrested Mussolini, strenuously denied this tribunal ever happened.

Lazzaro would also later drop a bombshell, explaining that the Colonel Valerio he met was ABSOLUTELY NOT Walter Audisio. According to Lazzaro and others present, the man known as Colonel Valerio was actually Luigi Longo, a very senior Communist party official who answered directly to Moscow. It is now believed that Audisio was only named as the executioner to cover up the involvement of such a major political figure, and Audisio has changed his story several times.

Earlier Murder

Lazzaro and others give a different timeline; that they had actually been killed many hours before the communist execution story. According to these versions of events, after the torture and rape, one of the two had tried to grab one of the communist's guns, and was shot in the ensuing scuffle. The other was then finished off like a crippled animal. There are several versions, but all agree on the above points.