Partisan being tortured

Partisan being tortured

In the Palmanova prison, a semi-naked man is chained to a prison wall while a figure in fascist uniform is pressing a glowing iron onto his chest. Three other uniformed figures are standing nearby. Irons are being heated in a brazier at the bottom left. A pair of boots and a bowl are scattered on the floor.

“FEBBRAIO 1945. I MARTIRI DI PALMANOVA, una delle macabre scene alle prigioni di Palmanova, un patriota maranese catturato dai nazi-fascisti. E’ uno dei pochi superstiti, che durante il periodo, dal 20 Febbraio al 13 Marzo, ha sopportato stoicamente le torture operate susl suo corpo dai carnefici, R. T. DF. Detto l’uomo cane per le bestiali morscicature sulle membra dei patrioti.”

Caption translates as: “February 1945, the Palmanova Martyrs. One of the macabre happenings in the Palmanova prison: a patriot from Marano was arrested by the Nazi-Fascists. He was one of the few survivors who, between 20 February and 13 March, stoically endured the tortures inflicted on his body by his tormentors, R. T. and D.P., also called the “dog-man” because of the brutal bites he left on the bodies of patriots”.

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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