Italian

The Museo della Liberazione di Lucca (Musuem of the Libeation of Lucca) presents the history of the Second World War in Lucca, resistance to German and fascist occupation, and the Liberation of Lucca: it displays military weapons and equipment, uniforms, written and photographic records, and oral testimonies which record local experiences.

The Biblioteca e Museo Virtuale dell’Antifascismo e della Resistenza della Provincia di Arezzo (Province of Arezzo Library and Virtual Museum of Reistance and Antifascism) in Sansepolcro documents the local history of antifascism, war, and resistance to German and fascist occupation in 1943-45. Local documents are catalogued and digitized to be made available online; records include lists of local and foreign partisans who fought in the region.

The Museo della Lina Gotica Orientale (Museum of the Eastern Gothic Line) in Montescudo presents the history of fighting on the eastern Gothic Line, the German line of fortifications established along the northern Apennine Mountains to oppose the Allied advance in 1944-45. It is located inside the preserved remains of the Church of Trivari, which was employed as a fortification and damaged in an engagement between German and British forces from September 12-16, 1944, during the Second Battle of Coriano.

The Museo della Battaglia del Senio (Battle of Senio Museum) in Alfosine presents the history of the local Battle of Senio, which occurred in April 1945 between advancing Allied and defending German forces on the Senio River. Following the collapse of the Gothic Line, German forces established defensive positions along the Senio River. Allied attacks on these positions began in the first days of April, and were successful; Alfosine was liberated on April 10.

The Museo della Resistenza di Ca’Malanca (Ca’Malanca Resistance Museum) presents the local history of resistance to German and fascist occupation from 1943-45. Displays include written documents, posters, and photographs which document occupation, resistance, and liberation, including records of the local 36 Brigata Garibaldi and the nearby Battle of Purocielo (October 10, 1944) between German forces and local partisans.  

The Museo Storico Casa dell’Eccidio di Tavolicci (Tavolicci Casa dell’Eccidio Historical Museum) commemorates the location of a mass execution in which 64 civilians were killed by members of the IV German-Italian Police Battalion on July 22, 1944. That night, the town’s inhabitants were rounded up and locked in the Casa dell’Eccidio, then machine-gunned as the building was set on fire. While some were able to escape by jumping out of windows, 64 were killed including 19 children under the age of 10.

The Museo del Risorgimiento e della Resistenza di Ferrara (Ferrara Museum of the Risorgimiento and Resistance) presents a history of war and resistance in Ferrara, emphasising three key topics and periods: the Risorgimiento, the wars of Italian unification; the First World War; and the Second World War, antifascism, and local partisan and resistance movements.

The Museo Nazionale dell'Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah) presents the history of “the two thousand year-old Jewish presence in Italy.” Particular detail is given to the Italian Jewish experience in the years leading up to the Second World War, Italian persecution of Jews, and records of Italian Jews in the Shoah, including the changed circumstances resulting from the German occupation of Northern Italy in 1943.