Tuesday 1 January 2013

Message on the Murder of Ather Capelli, March 31, 1945

(Published in Corriere della Sera, April 1, 1945)

By Benito Mussolini

The blackshirts of Turin, as well as all those who still harbor the sentiments of Fatherland in their hearts, remember the sacrifice of Ather Capelli. He was a soldier, a Fascist, a journalist of crystalline faith, killed by the enemy in a criminal ambush. I want you to consider me present at the tributes paid to his memory, and I express the vow that his blood has not been poured in vain, but rather it is useful because it will benefit the redemption of the Fatherland.

MUSSOLINI