Salò Republic Collection MS 1724 & MS 2686
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University Museums and Special Collections Service Salò Republic Collection MS 1724 & MS 2686 The collection includes material from different administrative departments. One group of files from the Ministero degli affari esteri contains around 350 documents pertaining to the requisition of properties for government use. Other sections include orders from the Ministero delle forze armate: Sottosegretariato di Stato per la marina, vehicle and travel permits from the Guardia del Duce, and anti-Allied and pro-Fascist propaganda from the Ministero della cultura popolare. There are also three passports issued by the regime, around 40 intercepted radio messages from Allied broadcasts, including from Reuters and from the Vatican radio, and twenty bulletins issued by the regime's news agency, the Agenzia Stefani. The Collection covers the year’s October 1943-April 1945. The physical extent of the collection is 1 box containing c. 500 items. Introduction In September 1943 the Italian government surrendered to the Allies, and subsequently declared war on Nazi Germany. Mussolini, freed from captivity by the Germans, was instructed by Hitler to set up a new Fascist regime in German- occupied northern Italy. This regime was a republic by default, since King Victor Emmanuel had renounced Fascism, and was officially called the Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana). It was based along the shores of Lake Garda, with most of the more important administrative offices located in the small town of Salò, and therefore came to be known as the Salò Republic. It lasted until the Allied forces and Italian partisans re-took the area in 1945, when Mussolini was captured and executed. MS 1724/1 Italy: Ministero delle Forze Armate: Sottosegretaviato di Stato per la Marina, Fogli d'Ordini / Italy: Ministry of the Armed Forces: State Secretary for the Navy, Order Sheets Includes Ministry of the Armed Forces: Propaganda Office, A Bulletin: Of Notes and Information for the Italian Troops Page 1 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/1/1 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.14 23 February 1944 MS 1724/1/2 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.22 7 April 1944 MS 1724/1/3 Ministero delle Forze Armate:Foglio D'Ordini No.24 18 April 1944 MS 1724/1/4 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.25 25 April 1944 2 items, (1 possibly complete. Duplicate incomplete) MS 1724/1/5 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.26 29 April 1944 MS 1724/1/6 Ministero delle Forze Armate:Foglio D'Ordini No.27 5 May 1944 Possibly incomplete MS 1724/1/7 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.28 13 May 1944 Possibly incomplete Page 2 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/1/8 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.29 20 May 1944 MS 1724/1/9 Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.30 27 May 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.31 1724/1/10 1 June 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.32 1724/1/11 9 June 1944 2 copies, (Duplicate incomplete (lacking two parts)) MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.33 1724/1/12 15 June 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.34 1724/1/13 25 June 1944 Page 3 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.35 1724/1/14 3 July 1944 2 copies, (Both incomplete) MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.37 1724/1/15 17 July 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.38 1724/1/16 21 July 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.39 1724/1/17 29 July 1944 2 copies (Duplicate incomplete) MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.40 1724/1/18 4 August 1944 2 copies, (Both incomplete) MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.43 1724/1/19 21 August 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.46 1724/1/20 12 Sept 1944 Page 4 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.48 1724/1/21 27 Sept 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.49 1724/1/22 7 October 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.53 1724/1/23 24 October 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.56 1724/1/24 6 Nov 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate:Foglio D'Ordini No.57 1724/1/25 10 Nov 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.62 1724/1/26 5 Dec 1944 Page 5 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.64 1724/1/27 16 Dec 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.65 1724/1/28 21 Dec 1944 MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Foglio D'Ordini No.66 1724/1/29 29 Dec 1944 2 copies, (Duplicate incomplete) MS Ministero delle Forze Armate: Ufficio Propaganda, Bollettino. Di 1724/1/30 Note e Informatzioni per le Truppe Italiane. No. 11 (Propaganda Office, Bulletin: Of Notes and Information for the Italian Troops) 15 April 1945 2 copies MS 1724/2 Ministry of Popular Culture. Interception Service Cabinet papers [Ministero della Cultura Popolare: Gabinetto: Servizio Delle Intercettazioni] Copies of "Intercettazioni radio-fono telegrafiche" / "Radio-phono telegraphic (telegram) interceptions" MS 1724/2/1 NNU 34 24/4 - NNU 38 24/4. Ord. 79-93 24 April 1945 Page 6 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/2/2 Reuter 108, 118, 120, 123, 132 24 April 1945 MS 1724/2/3 Messaggi Radio Vaticano / Radio Vatican Messages 24 April 1945 Personal radio messsages from individuals to their families MS 1724/3 Registration and Travel Sheets: Vehicles of R.S.I. Legion Guard of the "Duce" [Schede Matricolari e Fogli di Viaggio Automezzi della R.S.I. Legione Guardia del Duce] MS 1724/3/1 Corpo Volontari Della Libertà, "Italian Liberty's Volontary Army Corp" (C.L.N.A.I) Foglio di Viaggio / Travel Permit Blank form MS 1724/3/2 Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana: Legione "M" Guardia del "Duce" / Republican National Guard: Legion "M" Guard of the "Duce" - Foglio Di Marcia / Marching Sheet Pad of carbon copies MS 1724/3/3 Forms stamped "Comando Guardia del Duce" / Duce Guard Command 7 June 1944 Sheaf of permits for vehicular travel (in German) Page 7 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/3/4 Pad of Foglio di Marcia / March Sheets for the Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana / Republican National Guard - Guardia del Duce 25 & 26 April [1944] Two used, remainder blank MS 1724/3/5 Schede Matricolare Automezzi / Vehicle Registration Cards for the Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana Legione "M" Guardia del Duce / Republican National Guard: Legion "M" Guard of the "Duce" 24 May 1944 - 30 Sep 1944 20 Schede Matricolare Automezzi MS 1724/4 Ephemera, official government stationery [Materiale di Cancelleria] for "Il capo del governo"/ "the head of the government" MS 1724/4/1 A postcard illustrated with a cartoon showing caricatures of Allied leaders pointing to a map of Italy MS 1724/4/2 Colour postcard featuring a painting of German and Fascist troops MS 1724/4/3 A postcard showing photographs of the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Rome, before and after its destruction by an allied air raid, 1943 Page 8 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/4/4 A colour postcard showing a drawing of Italian civilians fleeing from an allied air raid MS 1724/4/5 A postcard of a black and white photograph of Marshall Graziani [?] with the slogan "L'Italia è stata gettata nel fango da un pugno di vilissimi traditori" / "Italy was thrown into the mud by a handful of vicious traitors" MS Stamps (not postage) with slogans encouraging work (both not 1724/4/6a&b with other material) - MISSING September 2019 MS 1724/4/7 Three unused Field post letters for the "Le Forze Armate Repubblicane"/ Republican Armed Forces MS 1724/4/8 Sheets of unused writing paper; forms and envelopes with headings of various government departments including Ministero dell Interno/ Ministry of the Interior; Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri / Presidency of the Council of Ministers; Ministero delle Forze Armate / Ministry of the Armed Forces; Ministero degli affari esteri / Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministero della Cultura Populare / Ministry of Popular Culture; Il Capo Di Gabinetto / The Chief of Staff; Legione "M" Guardia Del "Duce" / Page 9 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service Legion "M" Guard Of "Duce"; Il Capo del Governo / the Head of the Government; Marina Da Guerra Nazionale Repubblicana / National Republican War Navy; Sottosegretariato di stato per la marina / State Undersecretary for the Navy; 106 Gruppo B.T.V. Alcioni; Agenzia Stefani MS 1724/5 File entitled, Ministry of Popular Culture [Ministero della Cultura Popolare], containing material for printing in Micup, the newsletter of the fascist group of popular culture, and other propaganda publications A pencil note in the file states - Collaboratori fascisti non appartenent al Ministero: in generale tutto vale poco / Fascist collaborators not belonging to the Ministry: in general everything is worth little MS 1724/5/1 Poems and prose in praise of Mussolini and Fascism _ MISSING September 2019 MS 1724/5/2 Typescript document entitled, "Figure nel tempo e nello spazio: Confidenze al Caffe" / "Figures in time and space: Confidences at the Café", by Michele Chinici MS 1724/5/3 Letter to Direttore about an article for "Micup", by Gaetano Coterza [?] 15 August 1944 Page 10 of 56 University Museums and Special Collections Service MS 1724/5/4 Nine pages of poems about fascism, sent by Gaetano Curti 24 July 1944 With covering letter and preface 2 items MS 1724/5/5 Typescript documents describing the entertainment at Salo and one entitled, "La Prima Missione" (about a submarine attack), by Alberto Ferri 2 items MS 1724/5/6 A document about the feeling that "Mussolini will conquer in the end", by Giuseppe Francesconi 25 July 1943 MS 1724/5/7 Manuscript of six pages in support of Fascism by L.