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The “Adriatic Coastline”Operational ZoneThe Armistice of September 8,1943 between Italy and the Alliesresulted in the occupation of Nazitroops.On October 15, 1943 the peopleof Trieste learned from the dailynewspaper “Il Piccolo” that theircity, together with Ljubljana, Rijeka,Udine and Gorizia had been includedin a new territory under Germanrule. Such new territorial jurisdictionwas called “AdriatischesKüstenland” (Adriatic CoastlineOperational Zone). The civil powerwas to be exerted by FriedrichRainer, the Gauleiter of Kärntenregion. Trieste became the headquartersof this new “province”.The SS Gruppenführer Odilo LotarioGlobocnik, born in Trieste, SanGiovanni, in 1904, was called tolead the Police and continue theanti-partisan struggle.Globocnik, who worked at theCourt, confiscated Angelo Ara’svilla in via di Romagna, transformingit into its own residence.Today this place hosts a condominiumat N. 28.The German antiaircraft shelterAfter creating the “Adriatic CoastlineOperational Zone”, the Germansstarted to build a high numberof military defenses. The works4.20.1944 – Parade organized in Trieste to celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday.6