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Mugello: War, Resistance, and Society. The Thesis of Stefania Mencaroni

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A new master’s thesis explores the Mugello between Fascism, the Gothic Line, and the Resistance: battles, partisan brigades, violence against civilians, and sites of memory between the Futa Pass, the Giogo Pass, Monte Altuzzo, and Monte Giovi.

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Two hikers admiring the Tuscan landscape from the summit, in an outdoor hike sponsored by Gotica Toscana aps.

A son on Mount Altuzzo: Glenn finds his father Helmut again.

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Gotica Toscana participates in Veterans Day at Florence American Cemetery to honor the fallen of the 91st Division and promote the memory of the Italian campaign through MuGot visits, projects and activities.

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WWII Battlefield Shuttle Bus: history comes closer

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The Shuttle Bus Service was created with a clear goal: to tell the story of the war on the very sites where it was fought, helping families understand the stories of the soldiers swept up in the events.

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New MuGot Exhibits, new stories to tell

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Sunday, June 17: Inauguration of the renovated premises of the Museo Gotica Toscana A special afternoon at MuGot - Museo Gotica Toscana, with many appointments under the banner of memory and historical enhancement. On Sunday, June 17, the new museum premises were officially inaugurated, at the end of an important...

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The Liberation Phone arrives at the Gotica Museum

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The Gotica Museum in Scarperia received as a donation the telephone and the reel used in the Vasari Corridor to coordinate the Florence uprising in 1944. A gesture of remembrance from the daughter of traffic officer Erio Breri, a protagonist of the Resistance. The article also retraces the mystery of the Germans’ failure to destroy the Ponte Vecchio.

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History, Memory, and Place with Giotto Ulivi School

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Students from Giotto Ulivi in Borgo San Lorenzo visited the Gotica Museum, reflecting on the value of memory and peace. An initiative made possible thanks to attentive teachers and volunteers from Gotica Toscana APS.

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The German Armory is complete: come and see it!

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The new German armory opened at MUGOT: a comprehensive display of Mauser rifles, MP40s, MG34 and MG42 machine guns, with a focus on metal feeding belts. Much locally recovered material chronicles the daily life of German soldiers on the Gothic Line. A unique opportunity to explore military history immersed in the environment of the Gothic Line in the Apennines.

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The MuGot is being revamped. Thanks to the volunteers of Gotica Toscana

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[bello-toc] Il Museo Gotica Toscana APS è in pieno rinnovamento! Grazie all’impegno instancabile dei nostri volontari, i locali del MuGot stanno assumendo un aspetto tutto nuovo, pronto ad accogliere visitatori con un’esperienza ancora più coinvolgente. Le pareti sono state completamente ridipinte, i mobili sostituiti e…

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The Restoration of the Messerschmitt BF109E. Come and See it at MuGot

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the Editorial Staff Whoever arrives at the Mugot - Tuscan Gothic Museum can observe from the road that goes up towards the Giogo and then admire up close in the Museum square a 2:3 scale replica of a famous German plane, the Messerschmitt BF109E. It arrived in very bad…

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The son of Melvin C. Buschman (361st) at the Giogo reenactment

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the Editorial Staff John Buschman, son of Melvin C. Buschman, lieutenant of Co. K 361st 91st ID, injured during the clashes in Scarperia, visibly moved and surprised by the scale of the event and the warmth of the public, talks about the father that we too have known. It was he himself…

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