On 24 August 1944, the Allies bombed Buchenwald’s ammunition factory. She soon was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp. When she arrived in Nazi Germany, Mafalda was arrested. However, her husband was already imprisoned in a concentration camp, while her children were in Rome. In 1943, during World War II, Mafalda was tricked into going to the German Embassy, under the impression that her husband needed to speak to her.
In 1925, Mafalda married Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse.
She was very close to her mother, and went with her mother to visit Italian military hospitals during World War I. She was the second child and daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. The future King Umberto II of Italy was her younger brother. In 1943, during World War II, she was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where she died. In 1925, at the age of 22, she married the Landgrave of Hesse, Philipp. Princess Mafalda of Savoy (19 November 1902 – 28 August 1944) was the second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Elena of Montenegro.
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