The official AHF Resistance Movements quiz thread

[P.108]

Who is this man and with which resistance movement did he maintain contact/negotiate?

I try with Rudolf Lüters, negotiated with Tito's partisans the release of major Strecker and the recognition of the Tito's partisan movement as belligerent power with a possible alliance against the Chetniks.

You're close, but it's not Lueters-good old German officer that he was, he immediately washed his hands from this matter by saying that non-military topics were outside his jurisdiction. A hint: the gent on the photo served as a minister before the war.

Cheers,

Gaius

I didn't think to Edmund Glaise von Horstenau. However the episode was very popular and much debated.

[G. Trifkovic]

You're right, it is Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, the German Plenipotentiary General in Zagreb 1941-1944:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Glaise-Horstenau

Your turn,

Gaius

[P.108]

Catholic priest, received the gold medal (to the memory), on his life was based an important character in a famous old Italian movie.
I want to know his name and the title of the movie.

[G. Trifkovic]

Catholic priest, received the gold medal (to the memory), on his life was based an important character in a famous old Italian movie.
I want to know his name and the title of the movie.

Hi P.108,

could you give a hint, so we can move on?

Thanks,

Gaius

[P.108]

Received the gold military medal (to the memory) because he was a military chaplain, blessed the firing squad that was going to kill him. The film, that was filmed in 1945, is part of a war trilogy made by the same director: the first movie (the target) is about the resistance, the second narrated 6 episodes during the war in Italy, the third is about the post war devastated Germany. The film is one of the posters of a new cultural movement born in Italy in that period, expression of a completely different way from the past in shooting the movies.

[P.108]

All takes place in Rome, the person in question was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Regina Coeli (the prison of Rome). Was shot in April 3, 1944.

[P.108]

The person was don Giuseppe Morosini, the movie was Rome Open City, by Rossellini, the first of his italian neorealist trilogy with Paisà and Germania year Zero.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Morosini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Open_City

[Marcus Wendel]

Anyone willing to post a new question to try and get this quiz moving again?

/Marcus