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Bernath Mss 497
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Title: France and Italy World War II photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 497
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.17 linear feet
(1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1940-1945
Abstract: One album of 23 photographs of varying sizes, including both snapshots and professional stock images of various events and
locations in France and Italy during World War II, many with captions, compiled by Private C. Wenn, no. 5680560 A.C.C. H.Q.
Coy (Allied Control Commission for Italy, Headquarters Company) of the Central Mediterranean Force.
The collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research
Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner
of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder where the UC Regents do not
hold copyright. For copyright status contact the Department of Special Research Collections.
[Identification of Item], France and Italy World War II album, Bernath Mss 497. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2018.
One album of 23 photographs of varying sizes, including both snapshots and professional stock images, many with captions,
compiled by Private C. Wenn, no. 5680560 A.C.C. H.Q. Coy (Allied Control Commission for Italy, Headquarters Company) of the
Central Mediterranean Force. Photographs date to between 1940-1945 and include images of the corpses of Italian Dictator Benito
Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, along with other fascists, hanged for public display in Piazzale Loreto, Milan,
1945.
Also included are photographs of German soldiers in France performing military exercises in 1940, as well as official French
World War II press agency (L.A.P.I.) images of battle scenes in Paris, the French Communist Party establishing a presence
in the capitol, and captured German soldiers during the liberation of Paris.
In addition, the album contains photographs depicting the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders practicing bagpipes in barracks
in Milan.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Photographs
Italy -- History -- 1922-1945 -- Photographs
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Photographs
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Photographs
Photograph albums
Photographs
Allied Control Commission for Italy
Great Britain. Army. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders -- Photographs
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Photographs
Petacci, Clara, 1912-1945 -- Photographs