Mussolini's Missing Body
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2023
- Following Mussolini's execution on 28 April 1945, his body, after being abused by a huge crowd in Milan was buried by the US Army. But, in 1946, grave robbers stole his remains. So began the decade long hiding of Mussolini's remains by fascists and government officials - a truly bizarre story!
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Literally just sat down to eat and thought "I wish I had a Mark Felton video to watch!" And then the notification immediately popped up. Thanks Mark!
So, you have the super-power of controlling Mark.
Me too 😂
i just boarded a 8 minute 3 second plane flight and was hoping mark would make another video about fascism
This just happened to me
The rustling in the bushes in your garden.
Thats Mark, he is stalking his prey.
He's gone full commando after doing too much research.
I went and saw the site of his execution 2 weeks ago. Was very strange that something so historic happened on a quiet street in a tiny village.
Someone replied but you comment doesn't show, youtube must not have liked it.
@@germen343 I'm seeing two hidden on my end
Mar-a-lago would. Also be nice aa a place of execution.
@@EnigPartyhaus five hidden here
I watched a History Channel documentary on Mussolini and one of the interviewees was a former partisan who was there when Mussolini was killed. He was 16 years old at the time and had NO idea it was going to happen. The leaders of the group pulled out Mussolini and Clara Petacci, put them up against the wall and it was over with quickly. The then 16-year old said to himself "WHAT did I just see?" In telling the story he still had a bewildered look on his face after 50+ years. As he put it "I thought they were just going to turn him over to someone in authority, the Americans, the British, or the new Italian government."
There are also a few black and white pictures from Mussolini's autopsy, taken by an officer at the time. My father was a combat photographer and was asked to develop them. The negatives were unfortunately destroyed when he returned stateside, but my older brother still has a spare set of original prints my father made at the time.
wow
That’s crazy
That's an amazing piece of history you have there. Have those photos ever been shared, or made public in any way?
@@chebxiur I think I may have seen one of them sometime ago on the net. (Probably from the officers set of prints.) I have to check my records and see if I scanned them myself, or ask my brother to send me a high quality scan.)
@@dd61125 you’re not true
A neighbor in my home town was a WWII vet. He was in Milan when Mussolini’s corpse was strung up. I remember him showing us the pictures he took.
Term limits were finally apllied to the dictator IMHO..
Yeah, I've seen a few pics of that in documentaries. Wow! Hitler knew the end was coming and didn't want that for himself, that's why he insisted on being burned. Too bad his underlings obeyed.
BS. He did not have a camera.
@@GorGob how do you know??
Ignore the troll
I looked up the photos of his mistress and him after their deaths and my god, Graphic is right. His head was blugeoned and beaten so badly that he is hardly recognizable, and his wife laying there lifeless with her eyes open is truly disturbing.
Sadly true.
I don’t think any Milanese missed Mussolini’s body that 29th of April.
I can't look. I feel no sympathy whatsoever.
@@theimmortalgrenadier3851 Sadly? Hardly.
@@theimmortalgrenadier3851 Sadly? The italian people think otherwise
Mark, my grandfather was in Naples recovering from injuries suffered in N Africa when the photographer who took a photo of the bodies hanging upside much earlier before all the crowds showed up , came through selling copies. We still possess the photo, as well as a few other things that he brought back. My great uncle was on the liberation of Buchenwald and I remember seeing pictures of bodies stacked in rail cars. As a child and an American, I couldn’t understand what I was looking at at that time, but in my 50’s , I understand much better that what we saw was the worst of mankind. Wonderful video and thank you for your wonderful videos. Much love from Raeford ,North Carolina, USA
Its when u start to realise that what the germans did wasnt much worse than what the allies did. Arresting preists to bombing dresden.
LoL👿👿👿
I remember when I was at school seeing a photograph of Mussolini's body and mentioned to the history the teacher about the fact that whereas you could see the area around the bodies was wet there was no sign it had rained. The teacher did mention they had been spat on to which I said that was a lot of spit. What the teacher did not mention was the urination.
A few years before, he was the most admired person in Italy.
@@kpadmirer oh how the have fallen.
Those same people loved him, until he lost the war.
This spitting and urination thing is highly exaggerated, though true. As a matter of fact, the bodies, which remained on display for several hours, were washed in order to temove the muck and the stains of blood which made them hard to recognize. Hoses were also used to keep away the mob that wanted to insult the bodies.
@@kpadmirer it was communists that did it, they never loved him.
Dr Felton keeping all of us updated on history, thank you.
Indeed.
You forgot to mention the youngest of the Duche sons. Romano Mussolini was a talented Jazz pianist who set himself apart from his father's legacy by pursuing a musical career and initially playing under assumed names.
Probably didn't forget, rather he likely just chose not to...
Romano is the father of Alessandra, who before to enter politics pursued the career of actress, see imdb. Her mother is Maria Scicolone, sister of Sofia Scicolone, better known as Sophia Loren.
@@mg4861 indeed
There's the famous story of when Romano was touring with Chet Baker, who was completely strung up on dope... one day, someone question Baker as to why he was touring with the son of Il Duce. Baker had no clue about any of this, and after they explained it to him, Baker went up to Romano and said:
"Sorry about your dad."
He's the son that married Sophia Loren s youngest sister. I read he was a pretty good jazz musician.
UA-cam: "Macabre pics of nameless grunts on a battlefield or victims of a death camp are allowed, but pics of Mussolini's hanging corpse is a violation of our community standards".
Mark I’ve been watching your channel for a good while now and all I can say is Thank you. I wasn’t into history that much or really anything about our past but it’s so important to learn and understand it. The way you explain things along with the resources of photos/videos never cease to amaze me. Always looking forward to see your next upload, keep up the good work!
Fascinating stuff Dr. Felton! Always a joy when you release a new video!
Wow! Another absolutely fascinating story only Dr. Felton could tell. The things I learn here.
Quite interesting indeed, Tomb be fair I don't see the horror in allowing him a grave or his family to persue political careers, no need to strip basic rights away as it'd be the same fascism fought against
Always gotta crank up the sound for the intro music
I don't know what is more disturbing: the photos of damaged corpses or how much of his legacy lives today in modern Italy...
How much of his legacy lives today in modern Italy.
@@SirAntoniousBlockthat i think a lot of people still like mussolini
I was going to say thanks again for another rare piece of historic treasure but after reading the comments, looks like everyone has got that covered.
Thanks again Mark Felton Productions!
Astonishing...I knew nothing of any of this. Another fantastic Mark Felton video.
MK, your delivery and content are impeccable.
Very interesting historical facts and story...never a dull moment. As always the best of the best..ty Mark Felton.
No schlock. Just the real history and information. I'm a Doc Felton fan for life!! I hope he never runs out of topics. It's all so fascinating.
I don’t think he’ll ever run out..there is always an obscurity he unearths
he only has one topic but I suspect he will never run out of content.
That photographer was my former work colleague's uncle. He showed me the photos; Benito and his mistress are unrecognizable.
I Wish These Videos Were Longer...I Can Never Get Enough
Can you imagine: if they do that Benito Mussolini, what would be a tragic destiny to Adolf Hitler?! But, he disappeared on time!
Absolutely fascinating.
So many 'afterstories' from WW2 that very few are aware of.
The fasces were originally a symbol of authority in Ancient Rome. The reverse ( tails ) of the US Mercury dime from 1916 through 1945 featured the fasces.
'Fasces' are the bundles of sticks used in Fascist symbols.
Aren't there some in the us Supreme Court and seal
They are also prominently in view in the U.S. House of Representatives on either side of the House Speaker's chair.
They are also prominently featured in the Lincoln's memorial statue.
Bizarre and fascinating. Thank you, Mark.
The search for these photographs can lead to a very dark places… I did not know such content even exists on UA-cam. I kind of wish I had not done that. Regardless of it - it is excellent material from Mark as usual.
Ps. Why they did not burn and scatter it is beyond me…
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Because unlike you, they had some basic human decency.
@@pieter8888 They did that to hitler though xd.
Probably because Italy is a Catholic Country and back then the Catholic Church officially did not allow the burials of cremated bodies on its cemeteries.
An interesting video would be on Italian Admiral Francesco Maugeri. In James Jesus Angleton's JKF assassination testimony, Angleton alleges that his primary contact in Italian intelligence was an Admiral Maugeri. Angleton goes on to say that Italian Submarines were set up by Maugeri and sent to unknowingly be destroyed by British destroyers. He also relayed shipping information to British Intelligence between Rommel in North Africa and oil depots in Sicily.
Many times Western Intelligence officials would blame alleged Axis traitors for these actions, to cover the code breaking success of Ultra , the machine captured & still in use by Soviets at the time !
@@danteardenz2670 I believe that's likely true. However, Angleton's testimony is pretty clearly corroborated by the testimonies of other OSS officers stationed in west Europe. Angleton explain the "treason" by explaining that after WW1, Italian naval officers were trained along side British officers. A system was devised where, in a future conflict, Italian naval forces would be used as auxiliaries along side the British navy. Another interesting segment from Angleton's testimony is that allegedly, blueprints to the German enigma machine were found EIGHT years before the break out of WW2. He continues by claiming that by the end of the war, nearly 90% of intelligence reports to Hitler were false, planted stories.
Angleton is an incredibly interesting character with dozen of fascinating rumors.(blackmail pictures of mob figures as well as J Edgar Hoover) A deep dive into his connections with Israeli intelligence would be very interesting considering his role in funneling nuclear secrets from US labs to the Dimona Nuclear lab in Israel.
@@nicholasjones2175 don't be anti semetic. Dimona is the $ behind the jfk hit
@@nicholasjones2175 You make excellent points & thanks for your courtesy.
Your points are very valid on the RN % Italian Naval connections & Japan certainly had an even closer one .
However the underrated Italian Navy's contribution to the war : Sinking 176 Allied vessels & providing the bulk of German supply's to North Africa is overlooked , often in old Allied Propaganda ridicule.
The Allies & post war 1970s histories & German studies fully blame Ultra for their defeat.
Post war legends about high ranking agents working for the Allies among the Axis , was to not only protect Ultra (until 1974 ) , but important veterans of the Axis , on high ranking positions in NATO .
John Jesus Angleton was a strange man & spun a web of fictions & deceits in his long career 1954-74 as head of the CIA Counterintelligence.
His personal cultish beliefs injected , into policy & involvement in JFK'S death along with Demona will never fully be explored in our lifetimes.
His firing for domestic spying on Black American Civil Rights groups , and domestic opponents of the Vietnam War ;
forced his removal.
Best wishes to you.
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A famous fresco of Il Duce depicting him signing the Lateran Accords, on horseback and in full regalia, adorns the altar area of the church of ‘La Madonna della difesa” in Montreal’s Little Italy neighborhood. Painted before WW2 by prominent artist Guido Nincheri, it was covered with a sheet during the war.
Thank you for making these videos. I love history.
You have the best ww2 videos very informative can’t wait for the next one.Thanks again mark
This channel is the gift that keeps on giving. Keep it up!
Thank you for the great content Dr Felton!
Another fascinating, well presented, informative and entertaining video. As always.!
Never knew this...and of course, Dr Felton fills us in.
Man in my life as a first responder, I've seen the results of random violence and disastrous stupidity, on the human body. I don't want to see the results of determined violence on the corpses of people I don't even like.
Does that mean you’d rather see it on the corpses of folk you do like then? 😮
Hi mark what great video it’s a topic that I’d not heard of before thanks for expanding my history knowledge even more with your videos
Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you.
Another one you maybe interested in is Gabriele d'annunzio....Been to his villa on the banks of Lake Garda. The gardens house a mausolium and a ship. There are photos there of him with Mussolini.
That villa is said to be wonderful here many classes in highschool go there as a schooltrip
@@gabrielboi3465 Il Vittoriale degli Italiani
Eja eja alalà!
Dr Felton, massive thanks for this exiting content. Developing the subject of corps of famous people and the WWII, could you shed some light of the disappearance of the body of Immanuel Kant from his grave in Konigsberg. It appears that the body was taken by someone and has been found till the present time.
Simply a brilliantly narrative, well researched and very well told. Dr Felton, thanks and respects.
What a fantastic price of history again mark, I'm 1 of your first and original follower's for nearly 9 years now, liam from the west of Ireland
Fascinating topic to listen to while I ride the bus back from a long day at uni! Thanks as always for the quality content, Dr. Felton!
Quit wasting your money.
Fascinating video, as always. A few years ago, I visited the Certosa di Pavia. It's one of the most splendid architectural monuments in Italy. Highly recommended.
Thank You Dr. Felton
Always Enjoy Your Videos
Always informative !
Just sat down with my Sweetheart for supper and UA-cam and this video made us think of one of our first dates! We were eating in an old fashioned restaurant and the waiter wheeled out a huge brass and glass cart filled with luxurious desserts. Before my now husband could see the cart, I learned over and whispered, Here comes Lenin! When he saw the cart, he burst out laughing and fell in love at the same time! ♥️
My mum worked in an antique shop and when clearing out an old chest of drawers found an actual photo of Mussolini and his mistress after they had been hung up post execution.
Thank you for another wonderful video!
Well what a great story’and a true one at that 🎉Mark your YT videos always surprise me ❤❤
Regarding Those bullets that were pulled out of Mussolini body, while he was laying on the ground at the gas station, and people were stepping up to abuse his body and strip Insignia off of him, one woman stepped up with a pistol in shouted that she lost five sons in the war because of that man, and gave him one bullet for each Son.
So even though the submachine gun that is displayed as the potential gun used to kill him fired pistol bullets, it is possible that she had fired bullets of the same caliber into the body.
To bad no one had the idea to fire five bullets into him while he was in power , a LOT of bloodshed would of been avoided…
@@johnrestucci8269 just how the hell do you know that. In fact the opposite may occur!
@@robertsettle2590 possibly…..
Yup they also pissed on their bodies, there was a true hatred for those 2
Mussolini’s granddaughter, Alessandra, had a cameo role in the movie, The Assisi Underground, based on true events.
She's also an 80s J pop sinder
I honestly wish Mark could have his own history school and i can get with ears wide open my degree in history teaching.
Its amazing how he teaches us
The irony of his remains being hidden around churches for protection is Mussolini was an atheist, he may have converted later, but that might have been for show rather than devotion.
With all due admiration for Dr. Felton's top-notch research work, his Italian pronunciation of Italian people and places is not...well...great. Regards from Italy
Sorry!
Keep up the fantastic work! Thank you again!
We all - well, almost all - get the gist.
THIS was the most important thing for you to say?
His German pronunciations seem fantastic! But, then I am American, a poor judge of either
My brother in laws father was a US army Capt in Italy. He saw moosilini' and Clara petacci hanging upside down in that square.
He did say it was a brutal sight
No brutal! It was horrible! A slap for civilized Europa and Italy.
@@DaliborPerkovic-sw8mhyou truly cannot blame the citizens
@@dodobirdtime No citizens! Just communists and winners of ww2. Signore Mussolini was a very important person of fascist Italy and Europa in that time. Also he was icon of Fascism and base of a new NSDAP movement, in early and late 20s and 30s, in the Middle of Europa. When Herr Hitler was created NSDAP and Nazism, Mussolini was inspiration of him. The same was with also Francisco Franco, Oswald Mosley, Austrian Fascist movement, ect. Mussolini was a first person about that ideas and he also know a lots of British and French interior and exterior policy, before and during ww2. So, Mussolini was killed from winners of ww2 not accidentally than with a plan and with a good reason. Like Adolf Hitler, he was enemy number one after ww2 between winners of the war. Simple as that! Be saluted!
I always learn something new, when I listen to your channel.
Thank you Mark great video’s.
Why does it surprise so many about Mussolini's grave? I mean you have Karl Marx's grave in England, that has even larger pilgrimage, & Lenin's tomb visited by a plethora of people post-Soviet Russia.
Finally a commenter who understands the hypocrisy here! I'd just add Napoleon & Mao & on & on
@@scottlindsly This. Leftist mass murderer and you get celebrated and no one bats an eye. When it happens to a right wing version it's so surprising apparently.
Trust me as someone from near Manchester in the UK what inspired Marx was the absolute worst of Capitalism.
It was responsible for the growth cruelty towards the people of the UK during Industrial Revolution .
To think Capitalism is any better is ignoring history
@@hannahdyson7129 Partly true, but also Marxism brought in an even worse system that made Capitalist Manchester look like Childs play in regards to poverty, famine, & totalitarian brutality. Do I need to remind people about the Holodomor, Purges, Great Leap forward, Khmer Rouge etc, etc. the Communist ideology has consistently committed many genocides & atrocities, up to even today (Uyghurs in China for example). Capitalist Democracies have the ability and flexibility to correct and make changes The Marxist system/ideology does not, and is by far more oppressive and lower quality in all marks
Great as usual Mark. I googled the pictures. You were right...
Stealing one of Mussolinis legs is one of the most Italian things ever
A great video very informative thanks for uploading it
When my dad dies playing Doom Eternal, he bangs his fist on his keyboard like Mussolini
Fascinating video! I had no idea there was a modern-day shrine for him, including a Roman-era head statue. Ironic, considering he wanted to recreate some form of the Roman Empire. Thanks again for another great video.
That's not what irony means. That's the opposite of irony. It's appropriate.
Many thanks for sharing....good luck and best wishes for you ( Dr. Mark Felton)
Nice video 🙏🏼
Thanks for your work and making these videos Mark, Very educational
My grandfather was at Monte Cassino, and witnessed the hanging in the petrol station. He actually carried a photo of Mussolini strung up in his wallet till he died. I think he hated the man, hated being there, it was his karma. My best guess, he never spoke of it. We discovered the photo after he died.
My father in law was at Monte Cassino as well. He was a message runner. He never talked about the battle.
My guy Mark Felton back with the fire War Videos 🤙🏼🔥🔥🔥
Another great episode!
Thanks Mark...incredible information as usual!!
This video was very well-timed: this week I read Umberto Eco's thriller/comedy Numero Zero. It hinges around a theory that Mussolini escaped in 1945, while the partisans captured and executed a double. After all, the body was unrecognisable.
Can confirm
Keep 'em coming Mark!
Now I am learning more history , never heard this part of history until now . Thanks Mark 🎉
Another great and fascinating piece of history Dr. Felton. Thank you for sharing things that we will never learn about from schools or textbooks.
As I watched this fascinating video, I began to wonder, "What happened to the remains of Hideki Tojo, the most prominent Japanese leader of WWII?"
After his execution, Tojo's body was cremated and his ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Yokohama from a US Army aircraft on the afternoon of 23 December, along with the ashes of six other Class-A war criminals.
@@TheTitanFind Thank you for the information.
These videos watched in the middle of the night gave me so much more historical knowledge than school.
Most of that was long time hidden in European and Italian history. Now, we know the truth and that truth it is not a benefit of winners of ww2.
Thanks for that information I knew about the state of his burial and the end, but didn’t realize that strange journey
Once again I learn things I didn't know on a Mark Felton video.
Great video as usual. Appreciate the awesome content! 👌
Another fine video .Thanks .
Great information and thank you Mark.
Another absolutely masterpiece by mark Felton. History lovers owe this man
What a weird end to his bones. It somehow fits his weird life. Thanks for this episode.
Thank you for this tidbit of history! Unbelievable!
Mark Love the Show, what a Historian You are. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Very similar to the post-mortem journeys of Eva Duarte de Peron, who also spent some time in an Italian graveyard. Up until very recently the Franco family still retained a lot of influence in Spain.
This is amazing thank you for this
You are truly the best Historian of all time!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
My absolute favourite historian in UA-cam! Keep up the good work Mark
Mark. Thanks for providing my Wednesday night entertainment!
Dr. Felton... You picked the most hilarious picture here. I laughed so hard at this! 07:21 🤣
Yeah guessing he did that on purpose to make her look deranged. It's a common tactic by highly biased media outlets when trying to influence people.
@@moappleseider1699 Yeah, we all get that. It's still funny.
mockery is the best critcism
I had no idea such pic were so readily available. What over famous autopsy pics can you point out. Thanks Doc.
Wow! Amazing video!
Fascinating, and 'Classic Mark...' The Italian aspects of the Axis aren't as well covered or analysed as others, but Mark, as with all his subject matter, delivers education and entertainment in such a flawless and compelling fashion. I've never been disappointed.. I'll shut up now before I sound like a stalker... 😂👍🏴
Zu spät!
@@t.r.l.4377 😂😂
BUT WHERES HIS LEG??????????
Thank you for providing more details for the Benito Mussolini story - so much less information is available compared to Adolf Hitler.
Excellent video 📹
I see the family business is continuing strong. Great video, Professor!
The announcement (in Dutch) under the bell is a little strange, it says: Mark Felton productions has uploaded Mussolini's Missing Body".
I hope not 🙂
Nice new Mark vid
Great video, I hope we can get a video on the process by which he was relieved of power (summoned by the king) and the story of the people who succeeded him with the story of the surrender of ITALY.