in which the driver was killed and Marquise Vidoni Soranzo was mortally wounded. The uninjured Farinacci was captured along with twelve suitcases, filled with money and jewels; he was brought to the town hall of Vimercate and tried by a partisan court. He demanded to be brought to Cremona, claiming that "there they will tell you that I did good and that I must be released", and contesting all accusations against him; there was some indecision about the sentence, as the representatives of the Christian Democracy and of the Italian Liberal Party wanted to hand him over to the Allies, whereas those of the Italian Communist Party and of the Italian Socialist Party wanted to execute him. In the end he was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in the main square of Vimercate on 28 April 1945. The partisans wanted to shoot him in the back, but at last second he turned and was thus shot in the chest, reportedly shouting "Long live Italy". Together with Giovanni Preziosi, Farinacci was one of the most prominent Fascist voices of racial antisemitism during the Mussolini regime. In the Florestano Vancini's film The Assassination of Matteotti (1973), Farinacci is played by Max Dorian. Notes Sources External links 1892 births 1945 deaths People from Isernia Executed politicians Italian atheists People of the Italian Social Republic Italian people of World War II Italian people of the Spanish Civil War Executed Italian people 20th-century Italian politicians 20th-century executions by Italy Antisemitism in Italy People executed by Italy by firing squad National syndicalists Italian military personnel of World War I