Dongo, Lombardy (centre of civic administration) for the "comune". Its ground floor houses the "Museo della Fine della Guerra" (Museum of the end of the war), reopened after refurbishment in April 2014 and formerly known as the "Museo della Resistenza" (Museum of the resistance). The museum provides audio and visual displays relating to the partisan movement in Dongo and the north Como area from the time of the Italian armistice in September 1943 up to the end of the war, and more specifically to the capture of Mussolini and other fascist leaders at Dongo in April 1945, and their subsequent execution. Dongo
Diplomatic history of World War II and weapons (such as jewel bearings, diamond dies, and chronographs) to Britain took place on a large scale. Switzerland became a convenient center for spies and espionage. Swiss banks paid Germany 1.3 billion Swiss Francs for gold; Germany used the Francs to buy supplies on the world market. However much of the gold was looted and the Allies warned Switzerland during the war. In 1947 Switzerland paid 250 million francs in exchange for the dropping of claims relating to the Swiss role in the gold transactions. Switzerland took in 48,000 refugees during the war, of whom 20,000 were Jewish. They