I am a historian of the Second World War and the aim of this site is to enable others to access some of the research I have carried out over the past few years, and to encourage people to exchange ideas and views about a wide range of subjects relating to the conflict. On this site you will find an oral history archive with transcriptions of many of the interviews I have conducted with veterans of the war from many different countries, and there are also blogs, comment pieces, book reviews, suggested reading, and also contributions from other leading historians in this field.
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James Holland


Blog - Thursday 30th March 2006

Diary of Writing Italy’s Sorrow

Pisa, March 30, 2006
Spent the day back at the Istituto Feruccio Parri, where we went through the CUMER files once more and also old issues of the Fascist controlled newspaper, Il Resto del Carlino.  As is always the case when looking at such copies, we got loads of really good detail about day-to-day living in Bologna and Emilia.  And good to read material that was from the Neo-Fasscist perspective.  Drove back to Pisa and had enough time to spare to have a look at the leaning tower etc. 

 

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