ROME, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 Pietro Caruso was an Italian fascist police official who collaborated with the Nazi occupiers during World War II and took part in the repression of opponents of the fascist regime. After the liberation of Rome in 1944, he was arrested, sentenced to death, and subsequently executed.
Caruso was born in 1899 in Italy and joined Benito Mussolini’s fascist movement after World War I. He gradually rose through the ranks and became one of the senior figures in the security forces. After the creation of the Italian Social Republic, a fascist state supported by Nazi Germany, he was appointed police chief of Rome in 1944.
During his time in office, he cooperated with German security forces and participated in the persecution of members of the resistance and political opponents. His name is primarily associated with the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in March 1944, during which the Nazis murdered 335 prisoners and civilians in retaliation for an attack carried out by Italian partisans.
After the liberation of Rome, Caruso was arrested and stood trial in September 1944. He was found guilty of collaborating with the enemy and participating in repression during the German occupation. On September 21, 1944, he was sentenced to death.
The execution took place on September 22, 1944, at Forte Bravetta in Rome. Caruso was shot by an Italian firing squad, making him one of the first high-ranking officials of the fascist regime to be executed after the liberation of Italy.
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