Rome, Italy.
My town saw the rise and fall of Mussolini, as minister of the king, and countless fascist meetings under his famous balcony in Venice square.
It was bombed by allied several times, mainly because of railway connections; lot of civilians lost their lives, or at least their home, that way.
The town was under german rule since september 1943 to the arrival of allied troops. It was the worst period for jews (even if oppressed by fascism since years before). Some engagement between royal army, later partisans, and german troops, several casualties without relevant militar outcome; a memorial remembers that.
During wartime civilians were allowed to work public parks as vegetable gardens.
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