Right: Hitler in Rome
Left: Rome, Pantheon
Left: Rome, Pantheon
The Pantheon
Location: Piazza della Rotonda
Hitler visited the Pantheon on the 4th of May, 1938.
Location: Piazza della Rotonda
Hitler visited the Pantheon on the 4th of May, 1938.
Mussolini’s car arriving at the Palazzo del Quirinale
Pages from Heinrich Hofmann’s book: Hitler in Italy
Palazzo del Quirinale (Quirinal Palace)
Location: Via 20 Settembre/ Via del Quirinale
Today: residence and working place of Italian presidents
The king of Italy held a banquet in the Quirinal that Hitler attended on the 4th of Mai 1938.
Location: Via 20 Settembre/ Via del Quirinale
Today: residence and working place of Italian presidents
The king of Italy held a banquet in the Quirinal that Hitler attended on the 4th of Mai 1938.
Civitavecchia
Location: On the coast, northwest of Rome
Hitler attended another military exersice along the coast of Citavecchia.
Location: On the coast, northwest of Rome
Hitler attended another military exersice along the coast of Citavecchia.
Adolf Hitler visited Italy in 1938 for a week, between 3 qnd 10 May. He travelled to Rome by train. In Rome, the king of Italy and Mussolini picked him up at the station. By car they went to the Palazzo Quirinale, where a meeting was arranged. Than they drove through the city in an open car. There was a military parade that Hitler attended and they layed a garland at La Piaza. On the second day there was another miltary parade on the Via del Fori Imperiali.
Train station Rome
Hitler arrived at the station in Rome, were the Italian king and Mussolini are waiting for him.
Hitler arrived at the station in Rome, were the Italian king and Mussolini are waiting for him.
Hitlers Sonderzug arriving in Rome. Mussolini and the king are there to welcome him
Ride in an open car through the city
Hitler was offered a city tour in an open car. They started at the Palazo del Quirinale and went to the Circo Massiomo (between Via del Cico Massimo and Via Del Cerchi), Viale Africa, Porta San Paolo (end of Viale Marco Polo), Porta Capena (opposite to the Circo Massimo), La Piazza (Viale Aventino), Monumento Nazionale a Vittoria Emanuele II, the Capitole (behind Piazza Venezia at the Piazza Campidoglio) and the Pantheon (Piazza della Rotonda).
Hitler was offered a city tour in an open car. They started at the Palazo del Quirinale and went to the Circo Massiomo (between Via del Cico Massimo and Via Del Cerchi), Viale Africa, Porta San Paolo (end of Viale Marco Polo), Porta Capena (opposite to the Circo Massimo), La Piazza (Viale Aventino), Monumento Nazionale a Vittoria Emanuele II, the Capitole (behind Piazza Venezia at the Piazza Campidoglio) and the Pantheon (Piazza della Rotonda).
Left: Hitler leaving the Palazo del Quirinale Middle and Right: the open car somewhere in Rome
Monumento Nationale a Vittorio Emanuele II
Location: Between Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
This monument had a tomb for the unknown soldier after WW1. Hitler layed a garland there.
Location: Between Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill
This monument had a tomb for the unknown soldier after WW1. Hitler layed a garland there.
Left: the monument Middle: Mussolini and Hitler arriving at the monument Right: Hitler layes a garland
Palazzo Venezia
Location: Piazza Venezia
Today: art museum
The picture below shows Hitler and Mussolini on a balcony. It’s probably the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia. Mussolini used rooms of the Pallazzo as offices and he used to address large crowds from it’s balcony. There was a large crowd outside cheering at Hitler and Mussolini on that day too.
Location: Piazza Venezia
Today: art museum
The picture below shows Hitler and Mussolini on a balcony. It’s probably the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia. Mussolini used rooms of the Pallazzo as offices and he used to address large crowds from it’s balcony. There was a large crowd outside cheering at Hitler and Mussolini on that day too.
Left: Hitler and Mussolini on the balcony Centre: the Palazzo Venezia Right: the Palazzo Venezia, with in the centre of the picture Mussolini’s balcony
Italy
Rome
Napoli
Florence
Venice
Feltre
Maxentiusbasilika
Location: edge of Forum Romanum, directly on the Via dei Fori Imperiali
Today: still there
On May 4, 1938 Hitler spoke for Germans living in Italy at the Basilika of Maxentius.
The Basilika of Maxentius
(picture: www.wikipedia.de)
Hitler meets Mussolini in 1943
Exact location: unknown
On July 19, 1943 Hitler and Mussolini meet in a place called Feltre.
Exact location: unknown
On July 19, 1943 Hitler and Mussolini meet in a place called Feltre.
Hitler and Mussolini in Feltre
Feltre (near Belluno)
Napoli
Battleship Conte di Cavour
In 1938 Hitler, Mussolini, the king and his son got on board of the battleship Conte di Cavour in Napels to watch militairy exercises.
Battleship Conte di Cavour
In 1938 Hitler, Mussolini, the king and his son got on board of the battleship Conte di Cavour in Napels to watch militairy exercises.
Napoli
Venice
Exact location: not sure yet
On June 14, 15 and maybe 16, 1934 Hitler and Mussolini met eachother in Venice, Italy.
Exact location: not sure yet
On June 14, 15 and maybe 16, 1934 Hitler and Mussolini met eachother in Venice, Italy.
Hitler and Mussolini in Venice, 1934
Venice
Florence
On the last day of his 1938 trip to Italy (May, 9) Hitler visited Florence.
On the last day of his 1938 trip to Italy (May, 9) Hitler visited Florence.
Hitler in Florence
Florence
Rome