the culture of dictatorship history 408 / september 25, 2012
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The Culture of DictatorshipHistory 408 / September 25, 2012
The pageantry of fascism:Mussolini puts on a spectacle
The cult of personality: Mussolini portrayed as a
universal genius
- here: as a pilot at an airshow, July 1932
Public-works projects:Mussolini (allegedly)
makes the trainsrun on time
Modern art in Italian fascism
(here: An exhibition catalog commemorating ten years since the
“March on Rome,” 1932)
The PNF headquarters, Como
(built in the 1920s)
The Colosseo Quadrato, Rome (2nd half of 1930s)
The Palace of Congresses, Rome (1942)
Opera Nationale Dopolavoro (“National Recreational Club”)
Dopolavoro team at FIAT
Celebrating traditional family values
- Mussolini signs Concordat with the Catholic church,
1929
Youth programs:Hooray for
Fascist Camp!
Youth programs: instilling a martial spirit
Youth programs: get ’em young…
Here: cover of a school notebook
Italian propagandists set their sights on
Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
The combatants
Emperor Haile Selassie appeals to the League of Nations