Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna (also La Staffetta Gianna;[2] 23 June 1923 – 23 June 1945) was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici".[3] From September 1944, she was a collaborator of the partisan Luigi Canali (known as the captain Neri) and, with him, had an important role in the arrest and the execution of Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci.[4]
^(in Italian) The case of Gianna and Neri at ANPI website
^i.e. Gianna the Courier
^(in Italian) Biographical infos at italoeuropeo.it
^(in Italian) An article about the death of Mussolini
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