Images of Italian fascism through reports of Hungarian diplomats posting in Italy 1922-1944
Images of Italian fascism through reports of Hungarian diplomats posting in Italy 1922-1944
Author(s): M. Géza SzebeniSubject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, International relations/trade, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Barcza György; Hory András; Villani Frigyes; Máriássy Zoltán; Hungarian Royal Legation to Rome; Hungarian Royal Legation to the Holy See; Hungarian Royal consul-general to Milan; Hungarian consul- gen
Summary/Abstract: „The highly educated and thoroughly selected diplomats of the Hungarian Royal Foreign Ministry posting in Italy guided by their professional conscience – while positively commenting certain aspects of the Mussolini regime – did not leave without critics a number of negativ phenomena of Fascism – deaply different of the Rome and Budapest propaganda. They reported about the reality of Italian economy, finances, declining living standard and the worsening situation ot the Italian workers supposed to be true ally of Fascism. From the beginning of 1943 they send back reports to Budapest about highly positioned Italian officals' opinion concerning the impossibility to win the war.”
Journal: ÖT KONTINENS
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 127-137
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English