Adelio Trigatti being tortured

Adelio Trigatti being tortured

In a prison cell, a man covered in blood and chained to the wall is being tortured by three fascists in military uniform. Irons are being heated up in a brazier in the centre of the room. Bloody hand-prints are visible on the walls amongst prisoners’ inscriptions.

Label reads “137”; signed by the author; caption reads “1o ADELIO TRIGATTI da S. Giorgio di Nogaro UD 23 Agosto 1944, apostolo del socialismo, esilio, martirio, e morte a corollario della sua vita, nessuno più lo ricorda. Catturato causa tradimento caricato su un camion e portato in giro per Gonars e Fauglis, sul suo petto erano visibili le orribili servizie operate.

Caption translates as: “1 – Adelio Trigatti from San Giorgio di Nogaro (Udine province) (23 August 1944) was a preacher of Socialism. He was exiled, tortured, and killed. No one remembers him anymore. As a result of a betrayal, he was carried into a lorry and carried around Gonars and Fauglis. The horrible tortures perpetrated by his jailers were visible on his chest.”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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