Red land

September 1943: Italy is in chaos after the armistice with the Allied forces. The King and Marshal Badoglio flee, and the army is in disarray. Along Italy's eastern border (in Istria and Dalmatia), Tito's partisans advance with anti-Italian ferocity.

In this context, the tragic martyrdom of Norma Cossetto, an Istrian student, barbarously raped and murdered by Tito's partisans, stands out.