It’s a bronze sculpture. There are four people: a boy, a man, an old man and a woman. One (the boy) has just been killed and he’s on the floor with a stone in his right hand. The other three people are standing, creating a sort of semicircle. They are suffering. The woman and the old man (to the right looking the monument) are bound at some poles. They are probably dead. The man in the centre is alive but he’s going to be killed: he isn’t frightened because he has done his best to repel the enemy.

The monument was made by an Italian sculptor whose name’s Remo Brioschi.

The monument is situated in the biggest square of Reggio Emilia, Piazza della Vittoria. In this square there are a lot of cultural attractions: two theaters (The Valli and The Ariosto), two museums (The Civic Museum and The Galleria Parmeggiani) and the Public Gardens. There is also a big shopping area (Isolato S. Rocco), a big Bank and a church, S. Francesco.

The monument was built to commemorate and praise the heroic death of a lot of people who fought to free our area from the German invaders during the Second World War.

Information found in the following books:

Massimo Pirondini: Guida Storico-Artistica di Reggio Emilia

And in two local newspapers:

La Gazzetta di Reggio (26/04/1958)