Guido Landra and the Office of Racial Studies in Fascist Italy
The early history of the Racial Office of the Ministry of Popular Culture offers a window into the politics of official racism under Mussolini. The Office was charged with disseminating racist propaganda throughout Italy, as well as with establishing liaison with corresponding racial propaganda offi...
| Published in: | Holocaust and genocide studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2002
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Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Summary: | The early history of the Racial Office of the Ministry of Popular Culture offers a window into the politics of official racism under Mussolini. The Office was charged with disseminating racist propaganda throughout Italy, as well as with establishing liaison with corresponding racial propaganda offices of friendly governments. Guido Landra, the first director of the Racial Office, vigorously acted to fulfill his mandate, leading to the creation of a secret Italo‐German Committee on Racial Questions. The budding integration of Italian and German racial propaganda was cut short when Mussolini decided, in February 1939, to pursue a racial ideology considerably different from that professed by the German National Socialists. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/16.3.357 |