Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1945 — Page 7
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table with her clenched fists,
sobbing bitterly. . Her ash-gray hair was bound up in a light ‘blue, printed silk kerchief, Aunt Jemina style, and her star tling- -blue eyes contrasted prettily with "her pale, transparent skin.
She wore a little, black reo) silk dress with Aa deepish V- neck, slightly puffed sleeves and a smart pleated _skirt. Although stockingless, she had on highheeled open-work black sandals that were the last word in style. Her entire appearance was far different than the general public had been led to believe.
Asked if she believed she had | | she said,
had any influence over Mussolini, she laughed almost gaily, and shrugged her shoulders.
“He Trusted Me” she replied,
“Of course,” “in a
| way. He really trusted me. He |
He had a Probably
was very, very sincere. lot of affection for me.
| I was the only woman who really | thought something of him.
And 1 was the only woman he ever thought anything of. “He really did like his family —to such an extent that no other man in the world could.” As she spoke, she tugged gently tiny, double-strand gold chain around her neck-—probably a gift from her dead husband.
She wore Mussolini's plain gold | wedding ring and a cheap-look- |
| ing rhinestone and silver band. | ! | killed him while Badoglio's mis-
on her left hand. On the ring finger of her right hand, she wore a plain pewter
| or lead ring, such as Il Duce once | awarded to Fascist wives,
“Never Had a Home” “I started to write a book, the
| story of my life and his life,” | she recalled.
“I lived 36 years with Musso-
T1ini. 1 knew him> better —than
anyone else in the world.”
| though his
She broke into tears again and said, half to herself: “I was never close to him when he was high; I was always near him when he was down.” -¢I asked her when she was happiest with Mussolini. “In the old days," she sobbed: “We never had a home, really, since 1925 when we lived in province Romana, We were happy there.” Then she revealed for the first time that she and Benito once planned to emigrate to the United States — long before Mussolini started on the road to empire and death. Changed His Mind “We should have gone to America when we first got married,” “We had planned to and we talked much about it, We planned to live there and raise our children there. But then Mussolini changed his mind.” Mussolini’s decision not to go to the United States came about because he felt himself growing
| powerful politically in Italy, and {because his friends persuaded-him
to “betray the proletariat, alsympathies always were with the working class,” she said. Asked why Il Duce signed the axis pact that led Italy into war, she shouted passionately: “Everybody is to blame for that. Everybody from Badoglio (Mar-
| shal Pietro Badoglio, premier of
the post-armistice government) up to the king.
“They all blame Mussolini. They tress is now living in Switzerland with millions of dollars.” Cooks for Inmates
Donna Rachele and her two children, Anna Marie, 16, and Ro-
| mano, 17%, have an apartment | in the internment camp hospital
and Rachele does all the cooking for the 42 hospital inmates. She volunteered. to cook for the hospital “because I must have
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f something to do and I have 2 * ways dorie my own housework." When she first came -to camp, the British offered her an agmy orderly as a house, servant. He stayed . a few days, but Mrs. Mussolini refused to let him do any house work, so he Jas withdrawn, The three Mussolinis are being held merely.inh protective custody and are not even registered on the list of internees.
Camp officials said Mrs. Mussolini sometimes took a walk inside the camp's barbed wire fence, but had no other relaxation. The children both were shy, although they occassionally attend ' the camp shows.
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She said she has no property except what she brought into the internment camp with her—several theusand Italian lire and Swiss francs, three gold’ bars and some bonds of unknown value,
were, she said she preferred to stay on in. British custody than be taken by the Italian government.
When told the Italian government had preferred no charges against her, she tossed back her head and laughed, repeating that she was well-treated here. “The Italians never treated me so well she smiled. She said she might eventually take her children to the United States and raise money to live on by giving lectures and interviews.
Edda ‘Very Intelligent’
Although she spoke somewhat bitterly, she acknowledged that she would very much like to have her children raised in America. Mrs. Mussolini refused to comment on her daughter Edda, ex~ cept to say, when asked if the girl had influenced Mussolini: “Of course she had influence on “him. She was a very intelligent woman.” ’ She evaded a question as to
Asked what her present plans |
whether dda; had broken” with |
Benito when her husband, Count
Galeazzo Clano, was killed on I).
Duce’s order. “Many things can bé said in the family. when the doors of the home are closed,” she said. ' *f Have Said So’ She rose then to conclude the interview, shook hands smiled
pleasantly and started to walk |
out of the room.
"Suddenly she stopped short and turned around again; shouting:
“Mussqlini was a very intelli- |
gent man. Probably one day you'll realize it.” She turned and started walking again, then wheeled to shout tearful in an even louder voice: “And tell them than I have said so.”
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