Milan: World War II Walking Tour (Resistance, Shoah...)

Explore Milan’s World War II history on a walking tour. Visit sites that were significant during the war, learn about the Italian Resistance, and hear about the Holocaust in Italy.
Begin your walking tour in Milan and learn about the city’s history during World War II. Discover how Milan became a major theater of political violence, repression, and resistance during the Second World War.

From the 1920s onward, the city served as a laboratory for Mussolini's fascism: industrialized, modern, and strategically important, it embodied both the regime's showcase and its control. Major infrastructure projects, such as the Central Station inaugurated in 1931, were designed to impress and assert the power of the fascist state. But very quickly, Milan also became a hotbed of intellectual, working-class, and political opposition.

After the fall of Mussolini on July 25, 1943, and the armistice of September 8, northern Italy was occupied by the German army and administered by the Italian Social Republic, a fascist puppet regime. Milan then entered its darkest period: Allied bombings, mass arrests, torture, deportations, and public executions. The city became a nerve center of the Holocaust in Italy, particularly with the convoys departing from the secret platform at the train station for Auschwitz and the concentration camps.

At the same time, Milan was also one of the hearts of the Italian Resistance. Underground networks, workers' strikes, the illegal press, industrial sabotage, and the central role of women and students: the fight against Nazifascism was multifaceted. This route follows this history through specific places, sometimes monumental, sometimes discreet, which recount the different phases of the war: fascism, persecution, deportation, the Resistance, and finally, liberation.

Depending the day, you will follow a different itinerary:
-On Monday, the tour includes the Shoah Memorial
-On Friday, the tour includes the Casa della Memoria
-On the remaining days, the tour includes both sites

Walking in Milan today is to walk through a city deeply marked by this memory.

Om de beschikbaarheid te garanderen, dient u zo snel mogelijk te reserveren. Vroegboekkorting is het overwegen waard, vooral als u de reis plant tijdens het hoogseizoen, zoals op feestdagen of in het weekend.

Deze excursie kunt u kosteloos annuleren tot: annuleringstijd voor aanvang van de reis. Bij annulering na: annulering na: annuleringstijd of niet aanwezig zijn op de excursie wordt de volledige prijs van de activiteit alsnog in rekening gebracht. Te laat komen bij het ophalen of vertrekken wordt beschouwd als niet komen opdagen.