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Dimenticare il Balkan. La distruzione del Narodni Dom di Trieste nelle rielaborazioni fasciste (1921-1941)

2016

On July 13th 1920, in Trieste, the fascists destroyed a building known as «Balkan», an outpost of the Slovenian community. This essay studies the symbolic legacy of that assault, as it was one of the first fascist squads actions in Italy. The memory of the «Balkan» is analysed through its connections with important squads leaders’ careers, the effects of Trieste’s urban expansion and the fascist cult of the fallen «squadristi». The timeline of this study stretches until the Second World War, when the fascists attack on the Slovenian and Croatian population hit a new peak.

The shifting evocations of squadrismo: remembering the massacre of Palazzo d'Accursio in Fascist Bologna

2016

The massacre of Palazzo d’Accursio is considered one of the first events in the rise of the Fascist squads. This article analyzes the ways in which the event was described in Bologna during the twenty years that followed it. It is believed that in the first few years, commemorations that emphasized the role of the Fascist squads were not very common. Instead, they concentrated on the life of Giulio Giordani, a murdered lawyer and opposition councilor, who became a martyr. Members of the city’s ruling class, especially lawyers, developed their own rituals of commemoration, but the establishment of the regime led to the acquisition of the commemorations of Giordani by Fascism, reflecting the …

Riscrivere se stessi. Il mito delle origini nei giornali fascisti (1929-1937)

2016

Studiare la rivoluzione. Giorgio Alberto Chiurco e le narrazioni fasciste dello squadrismo

2015