The Ciano Diaries, 1939-1943
by conte Galeazzo Ciano
Category: Cabinet officers

"Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (Italian pronunciation: [aleattso tano]) ; 18 March 1903 ? 11 January 1944 (executed) was an Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. In early 1944 Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Ciano left an imperative diary of his views on subjects like "Mussolini", "Hitler", "Italian-German alliance during WWII" and has been used among others by William Shirer in his monumental The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."--Wikipedia.