Nino Zanninello hides an improvised explosive device inside a bicycle
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Nino Zanninello hides an improvised explosive device inside a bicycle
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In a mountain landscape, a man disassembles a red bicycle. The frame hangs from a tree. Parts and tools are scattered across the ground.
Caption reads “107” and “Novembre 1944. (1) L’inverno si avvicina a grandi passi e necessitano i rifornimenti in viveri armi e munizioni per i patrioti dei monti, ma i passaggi obbligati sono bloccati dai posti di controllo nazi-fascisti la situazione per i garibaldini si fa oltremodo grave. Nino, al secolo Zanninello Nino da S. Giorgio Di Nogaro, ordisce un’audace quanto ingegnosa beffa da giocare a uno di questi posti di blocco, siamo nella zona goriziana, Nino con la collaborazione di alcuni compagni, eseguisce con cautela il ripieno del telaio di una bicicletta, con una buona dose di tritolo, applicando sotto la sella un detonatore a scoppio ritardato…….”
Caption translates as: “November 1944. (1) The winter was approaching quickly and the patriots on the mountains needed food, weapons, and ammunitions. However, the choke point were controlled by Nazi-Fascists guard posts. The situation worsened for the Garibaldi mens. Nino, also known as Zanninello Nino from San Giorgio di Nogaro, conceived a bold and clever mockery against one of the checkpoints in the Gorizia area. Nino, helped by some of his companions, carefully stuffed the bicycle frame with a good amount of TNT. Under the seat, a timer was attached…”
Caption reads “107” and “Novembre 1944. (1) L’inverno si avvicina a grandi passi e necessitano i rifornimenti in viveri armi e munizioni per i patrioti dei monti, ma i passaggi obbligati sono bloccati dai posti di controllo nazi-fascisti la situazione per i garibaldini si fa oltremodo grave. Nino, al secolo Zanninello Nino da S. Giorgio Di Nogaro, ordisce un’audace quanto ingegnosa beffa da giocare a uno di questi posti di blocco, siamo nella zona goriziana, Nino con la collaborazione di alcuni compagni, eseguisce con cautela il ripieno del telaio di una bicicletta, con una buona dose di tritolo, applicando sotto la sella un detonatore a scoppio ritardato…….”
Caption translates as: “November 1944. (1) The winter was approaching quickly and the patriots on the mountains needed food, weapons, and ammunitions. However, the choke point were controlled by Nazi-Fascists guard posts. The situation worsened for the Garibaldi mens. Nino, also known as Zanninello Nino from San Giorgio di Nogaro, conceived a bold and clever mockery against one of the checkpoints in the Gorizia area. Nino, helped by some of his companions, carefully stuffed the bicycle frame with a good amount of TNT. Under the seat, a timer was attached…”
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One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board
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Angiolino Filiputti, “Nino Zanninello hides an improvised explosive device inside a bicycle,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/214.
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