Italian

The Museo del Risorgimento e della Resistenza (Risorgimento and Resistance Museum) in Vicenza, part of the larger Musei Civici Vicenza (Vicenza Civic Museums) complex, presents the history of war and resistance in Vicenza; a series of permanent exhibitions cover a 150-year period, including Napoleon’s first campaign in Northern Italy in 1796, intense local fighting during the Italian Revolutions against Austria in 1848, and the end of the Second World War and liberation in 1945.

The Museo Nazionale dell'Internamento (National Internment Museum) in Padova is a national museum presenting the history of Italian military, political, and racial internees and deportees in the German camps system from 1943-45. In particular, the museum commemorates the internment, daily life, and ultimate fate of Italian Military Internees: the approximately 800 000 members of the Italian military forcibly demobilized and interned by German forces following the Italian-Allied Armistice and the German occupation of Italy.    

The Museo della Resistenza Agostino Piol (Agostino Piol Resitance Museum) is a small shelter-museum located in the community of Altopiano Pian delle Femene. Maintained by the Belluno Section of the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia (A.N.P.I) and the Municipality of Limana, the museum contains an artifact and photography exhibit on the formation of partisan resistance in the Veneto mountains and actions in opposition to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45.

The Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino (Trento Historial Museum Foundation), the municipal museum for the city and autonomous region of Trento, presents the history of the region from the end of the 18th century to the present day; this includes significant material on Trento’s experiences in both the First and Second World War, the rise of Italian fascism, local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45, and postwar violence and reconstruction.

The Museo della Seconde Guerra Mondiale del Fiume Po (Po River Second World War Museum) in Sermide e Felonica presents the wartime history and significance of Felonica and the Po River, an important strategic position during the Allied invasion of northern Italy in 1944 and 1945. The river formed part of the German defensive position, and the region witnessed aerial attacks leading up to the successful Allied crossing of the Po in April 1945; the Felonica region, meanwhile, represented the border between the British and American armies.

The Sale della Resistenza (Halls of the Resiatance) in the Museo Storico di Lecco (Lecco Historical Museum) is one exhibition within the municipal civic and historical museum of Lecco which presents the region’s Second World War experience and local resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45. The exhibition includes documents and letters, photographs, newspapers, posters, and military and civilian physical artifacts from Lecco with an emphasis on presenting the activities of local resistance.

The Museo della Fine della Guerra (End of the War Museum) in Dongo is located in the town near where, on April 27, 1945, Benito Mussolini was halted while attempting to escape Italian territory and was held by local partisans before being executed the following day. The museum is located in Dongo’s Palazzo Manzi, the town hall, where Mussolini and accompanying Italian Social Republic officials were taken and held prior to Mussolini being taken into captivity.

The Museo della Resistenza e del Folklore Valsabbino di Forno d’Ono (Valsabbino Resistance and Folklore Museum in Forno d'Ono) documents the history of local resistance to German and fascist occupation in the Valle Sabbia from 1943 to 1945. Established in 1972, the museum displays weapons, photographs, and documents originating with local partisan groups including the Perlasca Brigade (Brigata Perlasca) initially led by Giacomo Perlasca.