Libraries

Online exhibit on Italian fascism as drawn from the Fry Collection, including with a foreword by Professor Fry and an introduction by Professor Stanley G. Payne.

Books, pamphlets, and issues of magazines and newspapers suggesting the impact of Fascism on cultural production and activities in Italy.

Items as diverse as school notebooks, textbooks, posters, and official reports, suggesting the impact of Fascist ideas and organizations on the Italian educational system.

Accounts of the armistice between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies in World War II, the sort of civil war that ensued, and defenders of Mussolini and the Fascist regime in Italy.

Books and issues of newspapers and magazines about concerns of family life in Italy under the Fascist regime.

Examples, often with distinctive imagery, of Fascist propaganda in Italy.

Compelling graphics and lofty rhetoric praised the accomplishments of the youth of Fascist Italy and encouraged participation in Fascist youth organizations.

Praise for the accomplishments of Mussolini — “Il Duce” (the leader) — encouraging something like a cult of personality.

Exploration of Fascist Italy’s colonial policies and of the North African Campaign during World War II.

Examples of anti-Fascist publications in Italy and resistance efforts during World War II.

Examples from a set of documents in the Fry Collection concerning the Paduan trial in the fall of 1945 of Italian security police irregulars and others.

Books and other materials exploring the so-called “racial question” in Fascist Italy and the promulgation of Mussolini’s antisemitic measures.

Publications aimed at the women of Fascist Italy, describing expectations for their contribution to the Italian nation and to the war effort.