Adorable Story #84: Emilio Pucci (Part 2)

The Prince of Prints

This is the part 2 of the Adorable Story #84: Part 1 is available here.

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Table of Contents: Early Life and Education / Georgia / Reed College / WWII: Ethiopia and Malta / Edda Ciano / Ciano’s Diaries / Escape to Switzerland / Gestapo / Career Beginnings / Rise to Fame / Later Life / Did you know?

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Gestapo

After having secured Edda Ciano and her kids in Switzerland, Emilio returned to Italy to settle his affairs before attempting a new escape to Switzerland. As he tried to escape again to Switzerland from Lecco, Emilio’s car would not start though.

Emilio tried to stop a passing car only to find it contained four German soldiers. Soon he was in the hands of the Gestapo: they immediately took him to Milan, where Emilio was imprisoned at San Vittore and interrogated by the Nazi officers for more than a week.

The Gestapo demanded to know the location of Edda and her husband Galeazzo’s diaries.