German trucks parked before the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944; they were about to be used to transfer Italian artwork to Germany

Caption     German trucks parked before the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, Italy, 4 Jan 1944; they were about to be used to transfer Italian artwork to Germany ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101I-729-0004-01
Photo Size 800 x 532 pixels
Photos on Same Day 4 Jan 1944
Photos at Same Place Roma, Lazio, Italy
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
15 Apr 2011 07:11:40 PM

These trucks are parked in Piazza Venezia which sits directly in front of Palazzo Venezia, out of frame to the camera’s right. Well before this photo was taken, Palazzo Venezia served as Mussolini’s Party headquarters and many of his notable speeches were delivered from its balcony.

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