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Historians and correspondence: The case of Jews’ letters to the Fascist Ministry of the Interior
by Florence Largillière First some historical context: in the 1930s, Italian Jews were considered as being well integrated into Italian society. They had supported the independence movements of the 19th century, they were heavily decorated during the First World War, and they participated in the political and social life of the country which had emancipated…
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British Identity in Fascist Italy
by Konstantin Wertelecki Konstantin Wertelecki is an MPhil student in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge. In June 1940, British citizens Mr. and Mrs. Waterfield drove to the Florence railway station, just in time to catch the last train to France before Italy declared war on Britain. Bizarrely, this was their second escape…
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