Updates (March 2024)

There have been published 8 books from the Fascist era, uploaded in PDF form. Unfortunately they are available only in Italian and not yet in English.

Sono stati pubblicati 8 libri del ventennio fascista, ora disponibili in formato PDF.

• Fascismo e religione (1923) di Piero Zama
• Profilo di Benito Mussolini (1923) di Emilio Settimelli
• Storia della rivoluzione fascista Vol. I (1929) di Giorgio Alberto Chiurco
• Storia della rivoluzione fascista Vol. IV (1929) di Giorgio Alberto Chiurco
• Rivoluzione fascista (1933) di Alberto Businelli
• Il Partito fascista e lo Stato (1934) di Gaspare Ambrosini
• Lineamenti su l'ordinamento sociale dello Stato fascista (1934) di Niccolò Giani
• Fascismo e civiltà (1937) di Arnaldo Mussolini

Notes on the authors:

Piero Zama (1886-1984) was a librarian, museologist and professor. A Liberal Catholic and adherent of Fascism, he founded the Faenza section of the Fascist movement (Fascio di Faenza) in 1921. Already in 1924 he seperated himself from the Fascist Party and abandoned politics. He was a veteran of World War I and served as battalion commander on the Yugoslav front in World War II.

Emilio Settimelli (1891-1954) was a Futurist and initially favorable to Fascism, but later became a critic. He was twice expelled from the Fascist Party in 1937 and 1938, before being arrested in 1939 and sentenced to imprisonment by the Regime.

Giorgio Alberto Chiurco (1895-1975) was a doctor, pathologist, blackshirt, Italian irredentist and deputy of the Fascist Party. He served in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Spanish Civil War. He remained loyal to Fascism and joined the Italian Social Republic (RSI). In 1948 he was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Allies. In 1953 he was acquitted and granted amnesty.

Alberto Businelli (1894-19??) was a Futurist, lieutenant of the Arditi and one of the early Fascists (known as Sansepolcristi). The details of his life remain obscure.

Gaspare Ambrosini (1886-1985) was a jurist and politician. For two decades he publicly supported the Fascist Regime. Following the fall of Fascism, he became openly anti-Fascist and joined the Christian Democrats, becoming one of the “founding fathers” of post-war Italy.

Niccolò Giani (1909-1941) was a journalist, philosopher and director of the School of Fascist Mysticism. He was killed in action during World War II and posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor.

Arnaldo Mussolini (1885-1931) was a journalist, politician and younger brother of Benito Mussolini. He played an important role in reconciling the Catholic Church and the Fascist Regime.

Latest Updates (October 2021)

Summary of updates:

- translation of four articles into English;

- two books now available in original Italian;

- updated PDF links to seven books in English;

- updated PDF links to thirteen books in original Italian.

Three of the four articles in English were written by Benito Mussolini. The first concerns the death of Pope Benedict XV; the second concerns the problem of urbanism and agriculture; the third concerns British decadence. The fourth article, written by Giuseppe Cristofolini, concerns Fascist policy in Alto Adige (South Tyrol) with a historical overview of the region and its ethnic character.

Two books written by Benito Mussolini are now available here for the first time in the original Italian: 'My Life From July 29, 1883 to November 23, 1911' and 'My War Diary'. In the future these will also be made available in English.

The old PDF host is defunct; therefore several books by Mussolini and other Fascists have been uploaded to a different file host and once again are now available for download.

English:

Articles by Benito Mussolini

• Vatican (1922)
• Return to the Countryside (1933)
• "Are We Decadent?" (1937)

Articles by Other Fascists

• Ethnic Minorities (1927) by Giuseppe Cristofolini

Updated Links to PDF Files

• My Autobiography (1928) by Benito Mussolini
• The Fascist Movement in Italian Life (1923) by Pietro Gorgolini
• The Awakening of Italy: The Fascista Regeneration (1924) by Luigi Villari
• The Roman Accord (1929) by Beniamino de Ritis
• What is Fascism and Why? (1931) by Tomaso Sillani
• The Italian Corporative State (1933) by Fausto Pitigliani
• What Italy Owes to Mussolini (1937) by Mario Missiroli

Italiano:

Libri di Benito Mussolini

• La mia vita dal 29 luglio 1883 al 23 novembre 1911 (1911-1912)
• Il mio diario di guerra: 1915-1917 (1923)
• Storia di un anno: il tempo del bastone e della carota (1944)

Libri del Partito Nazionale Fascista

• Inchiodarli alle origini (1924)
• Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista (1933)
• La cultura fascista (1936)
• La politica sociale del fascismo (1936)

Libri del Partito Fascista Repubblicano

• Norme fondamentali delle Brigate Nere (1944)

Libri di altri fascisti

• Il fascismo nella vita italiana (1922) di Pietro Gorgolini
• Il grande nocchiero (1929) di Lelio Fiori
• Genesi del fascismo (1935) di Gioacchino Volpe
• Mussolini creatore d'economia (1936) di Ennio Ronchi
• Nel solco del littorio (1940) di Ugo Cuesta
• Storia del fascismo (1940) di Roberto Farinacci
• Giudaismo Bolscevismo Plutocrazia Massoneria (1941) di Giovanni Preziosi

New Texts & Translations: Catechism of Race & Articles

Now available: six articles and one book, including 5 translations into English.

The first article concerns Italy, Serbia and Dalmatia. This was written by Mussolini at a time when he was still a socialist, prior to the official birth of the Fascist movement, and was written just six weeks before Italy's entry into World War I. It was also written prior to the events and episodes which took place between Italy and the Yugoslavs after the end of that war, such as the Incidents of Spalato (1918-20); the Entente's violation of the Treaty of London, the Mutilated Victory and subsequent diktat of Versailles (1919); the Fiume Enterprise (1919-20); the renunciatory Treaty of Rapallo (1920); and the annexation of Arbe to Yugoslavia (1921), all of which strained Italo-Yugoslav relations and would later shape Mussolini's thought and policy.

The second is a brief response to common anti-Fascist misconceptions, written in 1938 by Dr. Guido Mastracchio. The third article concerns notions of Romanità and Latinità in response to French intellectuals. It was written by Massimo Scaligero, an apparent Fascist writer who, after World War II, entered the realm of esoteric quackery and claimed that he had always been apolitical rather than an ideological Fascist.

Then there are two Italian-language articles: one concerning totalitarianism and the penal code, the other concerning the end of democracy and capitalism. Translations into English will be published at a later date. The last article concerns the defection of the celebrated general Giovanni Messe to the Allies, written by an anonymous Fascist in 1943. Finally, there is a brief catechism on Fascist racial views published by the National Fascist Party (PNF).

English:

• Italy, Serbia and Dalmatia (1915)
• The Most Common Errors of European Anti-Fascism (1938)
• Romanity and Latinity: Response to Transalpine Ideologues (1938)
• The Messe Affair (1943)
• The Catechism of Race (1940)

Italiano:

• Italia, Serbia e Dalmazia (1915)
• I più comuni errori dell'antifascismo europeo (1938)
• Diritto penale totalitario nello stato totalitario (1939)
• La fine della democrazia nel continente europeo: Nazioni capitaliste e nazioni proletarie (1940)
• Il catechismo della razza (1940)

Now Available: Mussolini's Ascension Day Speech

Benito Mussolini's famous Ascension Day speech of May 1927 has finally been translated into English. This was one of the most important speeches ever delivered by the Duce of Italy. In it a number of noteworthy topics are covered, including:

• The necessity of defending the Italian race;
• The issue of hygiene and health care;
• The battle against alcoholism;
• The problem of demography and birthrates;
• The dangers of urbanism;
• The question of Alto Adige (South Tyrol);
• The war against crime and the Mafia;
• The question of anti-Fascist political prisoners;
• The use of violence;
• The tasks of the government, the party and the militia;
• The battle for the Lira;
• The Fascist attitude towards democracy;

...and many other subjects.

The text of the speech can be read below in English and Italian.

English: Speech of the Ascension, May 26, 1927
Italiano: Discorso dell'Ascensione, 26 maggio 1927

Biblioteca fascista — The Fascist Library

A historical library of Italian Fascism: documents, articles, books, letters, speeches. Original Italian texts and English translations.

Biblioteca storica del fascismo: documenti, articoli, libri, lettere, discorsi. Testi originali e traduzioni in inglese.

ENGLISH TEXTS

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TESTI IN ITALIANO

Articoli • Libri • Lettere • Messaggi • Discorsi • Documenti • Decreti e leggi • Testamenti • Intervisti • Ordini del giorno • Giuramenti di fedeltà • Decaloghi • Preghiere • Altri testi

Notice: Some texts have not yet been translated; other texts have not yet been fully copied. This site is constantly updated. Check back soon and the texts you are seeking may be available.

Nota: Alcuni testi non sono stati ancora copiati completamente e quindi non sono ancora stati pubblicati. Il sito è costantemente aggiornato. Ricontrolla più tardi; i testi potrebbero presto essere disponibili.