. ▁Ult imately , ▁the ▁Greek ▁fam ine ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Greek ▁civ ili ans . ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁XII , ▁in ▁a ▁contemporary ▁letter , ▁directly ▁bl amed ▁the ▁F asc ist ▁Italian ▁government ▁for ▁the ▁death s ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁Germ ans : ▁" Axis ▁authorities ▁in ▁Greece ▁are ▁ro bb ing ▁the ▁star ving ▁population ▁of ▁their ▁entire ▁har vest ▁of ▁corn , ▁g rap es , ▁ol ives , ▁and ▁curr ants ; ▁even ▁veget ables , ▁fish , ▁milk , ▁and ▁but ter ▁are ▁being ▁seized ... ▁Italy ▁is ▁the ▁occup ying ▁power ▁and ▁Italy ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁proper ▁feed ing ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁people ... ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Greece ▁will ▁be ▁an ▁ind el ible ▁bl ot ▁on ▁the ▁good ▁name ▁of ▁Italy , ▁at ▁any ▁rate ▁F asc ist ▁Italy ." ▁ ▁After ▁two ▁Italian ▁film m akers ▁were ▁ja iled ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁for ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁Italian ▁invasion ▁of ▁Greece ▁and ▁the ▁subsequent ▁occupation ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁as ▁a ▁" soft ▁war ", ▁the ▁Italian ▁public ▁and ▁media ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁repr ess ▁their ▁collect ive ▁memory . ▁The ▁repr ession ▁of ▁memory ▁led ▁to ▁historical ▁revision ism ▁in ▁Italy ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁Italian ▁media ▁published ▁Sil v io ▁Ber lus con i ' s ▁statement ▁that ▁Ben ito ▁M uss ol ini ▁only ▁" used