Cesare Battisti, in the background, indicated by a white cross over his head, being marched by Austro-Hungarian soldiers to his execution by garrotting, July 12, 1916. Battisti struggled for Italia irredenta, unredeemed Italy, Austro-Hungarian territory populated largely by ethnic Italians. The picture is from a series of photographs released by the Austrians as postcards.
C. Battisti scende le scale della fossa seguito dal Cappellano Militare.
C. Baptists descends the stairs of the ditch followed by a Military Chaplain.
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Ed. Fot. S. Perdomi – Trento
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