Civilians rounded up and brutally interrogated in a farmhouse

Civilians rounded up and brutally interrogated in a farmhouse

In a farmhouse, three civilians are being interrogated by soldiers in fascist and nazi uniforms. The prisoner in the foreground is being tortured by strappado i.e. suspending the entire weight of the person on their wrists, which are tied together behind the back. The civilian in the mid-ground is being punched in the face, while the one in the background is being beaten with sticks. A soldier in the bottom right corner is checking a document. A wheel-barrow, two spades and a pitchfork are visible.

Label reads “218”; signed by the author; caption reads “3 FEBBRAIO 1945. PAMPALUNA DI PORPETTO UD. Rastrellamento nazi-fascista si cerca il “Mancino” Romano, nella casa colonica dei Battistella, senza trovarlo. Legano Sante nella stalla ad una fune ad un metro dal suolo appeso per un’ora, sotto le legnate, il nipote Onorio Barbuio era impiccato per il collo fino all’esaurimento, dietro la porta della stalla, Garbuio Sebastiano dietro il pagliaio percosso a sangue”.

Caption translates as: “3 February 1945. Pampaluna di Porpetto (Udine province). Nazi-Fascist mop-up: they are looking for Romano 'the left handed' inside Battistella farmhouse. They did not find him. They beat Sante for one hour and then hung him in the barn, one metre above the ground. His nephew, Onorio Barbuio, was hanged by the neck until exhaustion. Behind the hay barn door, Sebastiano Garbuio was severely beaten."

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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