11 Facts About Edda Mussolini

Edda Mussolini strongly denied her involvement in the National Fascist Party regime after her father's execution by the Italian partisans in April 1945.

The first child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi, she was born out of wedlock in Forli, Romagna; her parents did not marry until December 1915.

Edda Mussolini's father became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922 and dictator after January 1925.

Edda Mussolini has been described as being opinionated and outspoken.

Edda Mussolini managed to survive, being picked up from the water by another ship.

Edda Mussolini continued to work for the Red Cross until 1943.

In July 1943, when internal opposition against Edda Mussolini finally emerged in the Fascist Grand Council, Galeazzo Ciano voted against his father-in-law.

Edda Mussolini Ciano escaped to Switzerland on 9 January 1944, disguised as a peasant woman.

Edda Mussolini managed to smuggle out the Count's wartime diaries, which had been hidden in her clothing by her confidant Emilio Pucci.

At the time, it was widely reported that the daughter of Hermann Goring and Emmy Goring was born on on 2 June 1938 and was named Edda Mussolini Goring after her.

Films depicting Edda include The Verona Trial, starring Silvana Mangano, and Mussolini and I in which she was played by Susan Sarandon.