Partisans being captured at casali Zapoga

Partisans being captured at casali Zapoga

A surprise attack by fascists is taking place in a room where three civilians are cooking food over an open fire. The civilians have been taken by surprise, knocking over a chair as one of them stands and a plate being dropped. The soldiers are pointing their guns at the civilians and the officer is gesturing with his left hand.

Label read “264” signed by the author; caption reads “1 APRILE 1945. Cattura da parte di repubblichini fascisti di 3 gap, Fernando, Guido, Dik ai casali Zapoga (Carlino) UD, causa delazione di un compagno, il solo Dik riusciva a fuggire, ma inseguito veniva raggiunto nella campagna. (1o)”.

Caption translates as: “1 April 1945. The Fascists arrested three members of the Patriotic Action Groups at the Zapoga farmstead near Carlino (Udine province). They were Fernando, Guido, and Dik, who got reported by one of their companions. Only Dik managed to escape, but he was chased and reached in the farmland. (1)”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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