10. The Internment of Italians in Britain

Sponza, Lucio

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“…Of these, 517, the highest number registered in that period, were naturalised in 1936. 56 Some of them had probably applied because of their opposition to the aggression of the Fascist regime, but, as one of Italian Consul Luppis' circulars reveals, other 'deserters' -Fascist members among them applied for naturalisation 'in the naïve hope that, once they were British, the local hostility would stop'. 57 Thereby, they hoped to regain their pre-war social and economic positions.…”

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The Impact of the Ethiopian War on Italian Immigrants in Scotland

Petrocelli

2023

Journal of Contemporary History

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While Fascist Italy was fighting its colonial war in Ethiopia in 1935–6, a ‘parallel war’ was fought by Italian fascist branches abroad to retain the allegiance of the Italian immigrant communities and win their support. Drawing extensively on original Italian archival documents and the contemporary press, this article analyses how the invasion of Ethiopia affected the small Italian diaspora in Scotland. The propaganda used by Fascist Italy to justify the war and counteract British diplomatic hostility, as well as the central role of Italian fascists in Scotland, contributed to consolidating the national identity of a large number of Italian immigrants and links with their country of origin. This article will also explore how the Abyssinian war paved the way for the portrayal of the members of local fascist branches (and those who were not) as ‘enemies within’ by the British government and many sectors of the host society.

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