Benito Mussolini January 1945 by Madeleine Mollier, a few months before he was captured and executed by Italian anti-fascist partisans, he stated flatly: "Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now, I am little more than a corpse." He continued: On 25 April 1945, allied troops were advancing into northern Italy, and the collapse of the Salò Republic was imminent. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo (Lake Como) by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini
The Child who came from an Egg but Dotterine lived happily with the king ever after. The Child who came from an Egg The Child who came from an Egg or The Egg-Born Princess () is an Estonian fairy tale, collected by Dr. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald in "Eestirahwa Ennemuistesed jutud". William Forsell Kirby included a synopsis of it in "The Hero of Esthonia" as "The Egg-Born Princess." Andrew Lang included it as "The Child who came from an Egg" in "The Violet Fairy Book"; he listed his source as "Ehstnische Märchen", which was the German translation of Kreutzwald's work, by F. Löwe. A queen told an old