Italian Secret Police

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CoffeeCake
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Italian Secret Police

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Post by CoffeeCake » 18 Jun 2004, 06:33

Does anyone have any information and/or pictures on OVRA, or Mussolini's Facist Secret police?

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Folgore
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Post by Folgore » 20 Jun 2004, 13:31

Many aspects of the organisation remain obscure.
There is uncertainty also on its acronyme: Organizzazione Volontaria Repressione Antifascisti, or Organizzazione Viglianza e Repressione Antifascismo.
A book i know on the subject is "L'Occhio del Duce" by Aurelio Lepre, Ed.Mondadori 1992.

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Post by DrG » 20 Jun 2004, 16:32

I underline that I'm not an expert of the OVRA, but, as told by Folgore, even it's existance is questioned. In Sept.- Oct. 2003 there was a debate about this fact on the "Corriere della Sera" between the historian Paolo Mieli and an Italian police commissar (I don't remember the name) who had pointed out that no proofs exist the presence of an organization called OVRA. Sadly I have not kept those letters, and to read the archive of the "Corriere della Sera" on internet you must pay. If I'll go to the library in my city I'll see if I'll find those texts.

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