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
Clara Rackham events were filmed by Antony Carpen and may be seen on You Tube. Clara Rackham Clara Dorothea Rackham (3 December 1875 – March 11, 1966) was an English politician active in the women's suffrage, co-operative, peace, adult education, and labour movements. She was a social reformer, magistrate, Poor Law Guardian, factory Inspector, educator, and penal reformer, who represented the people of Cambridge and the surrounding areas as a long-serving city and county councillor and was the vice-chairman of Cambridge County Council from 1956-1958 and chairman of the Cambridge County Council Education Committee from 1945 to 1957 Clara Rackham (known as