Italian Renaissance: 70 Years without Fascism

In 2015, Italy celebrates the 70th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi occupiers and fascists. In April 1946, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, Lieutenant General of the Realm Prince Umberto signed a decree declaring April 25 a national holiday – the Liberation Day of Italy. On that particular day in 1945, Sandro Pertini, a guerilla and future President, called on the Milanese to begin a general strike against the occupiers and fascists, who after the fall of the Mussolini...