In this article the author analyses the Fascists’ ability, after the end of the war, to present a memory of the recent past which achieved its aims at least among a significant number of Italians. The success of the Fascist memoirist literature was helped by its tendency to replicate arguments made in post-war courts by people charged with collaborationism. Another important factor was the political authorities’ decision to bring the period of the purges to a premature end. This turning point in Italy’s transition neutered the initial verdicts and legitimized the Fascists’ version of events.
Defeated? An analysis of Fascist memoirist literature and its success
Martini A.
2020
Abstract
In this article the author analyses the Fascists’ ability, after the end of the war, to present a memory of the recent past which achieved its aims at least among a significant number of Italians. The success of the Fascist memoirist literature was helped by its tendency to replicate arguments made in post-war courts by people charged with collaborationism. Another important factor was the political authorities’ decision to bring the period of the purges to a premature end. This turning point in Italy’s transition neutered the initial verdicts and legitimized the Fascists’ version of events.
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