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Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari (née Mussolini; 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, fascist Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, was executed in January
Mar 7, 2023 · Although Edda Mussolini Ciano pleaded with her father for the release of her husband, Count Galeazzo Ciano, per The Washington Post, the count was shot by a firing squad in April 1944. Edda subsequently renounced her father — and the family name.
Dec 13, 2022 · Learn how Edda Mussolini, the daughter of Benito Mussolini, and Hilde Beetz, a German spy, risked their lives to save her husband Galeazzo Ciano from execution by Hitler in 1944. Discover how they smuggled his diaries, which exposed Axis secrets, to the Allies and helped to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
Apr 10, 1995 · Countess Edda Mussolini Ciano, the eldest daughter and a close adviser of Italy's Fascist dictator, whose husband was executed after he opposed her father's rule, died Saturday in a...
Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal and uneducated but also clever, brave, and ultimately loyal. Caroline Moorehead discusses Edda ...
Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, fascist Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, was executed in January 1944 for his role in Mussolini's ouster.
The bestselling author of A Train in Winter returns with the definitive story of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy, whose life had more twists...
