In Rome, posters from World War II were discovered hidden behind the shelf of a shoe store for decades. The posters emerged when the business underwent remodeling. This happened at 292 Via Cola di Rienzo, a popular shopping route in the Prati district near the Vatican. Maria Isabella Safarik, an art history enthusiast, found and shared the posters on social media, pleading for their preservation and protection. The posters, which are in decent condition, include warnings sent to inhabitants during the city's bombings, as well political propaganda. Among them are warning notices issued by the prefecture and by the Provincial Committee for Air-Raid Protection, a body of the Ministry of War responsible for protecting civilians from bombing. They advise locals to turn off all lights at night in their homes, shops, offices, movies, and even hospitals to avoid being spotted and targeted by the bombers. There are also several propaganda posters from Maltese irredentism, a movement of Italians who sought the Kingdom of Italy seize the Maltese archipelago, which was previously owned by the British Empire. There's also an anti-French billboard that makes racist jokes about black colonial soldiers fighting in the French army.