"Our so-called Society people, instead of going in for sport, persist in holding conversations in their drawing rooms, generally in a foreign tongue. They engage nurse maids, personal maids and governesses of all nationalities except Italian. They play poker and bridge with the accompanying drinks, certainly not Italian brands!"
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About disloyal people in Italian society. Quoted in "Activist on Society" - Time - August 5, 1935.
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Achille Starace
(August 18, 1889 – April 29, 1945) was a prominent leader of prior to and during World War II. In 1931, his career reached its peak when he was made secretary of the PNF. He was appointed to the position primarily due to his unquestioning, fanatical loyalty to Benito Mussolini. As secretary, Starace staged massive parades and marches in favor of Mussolini and proposed anti-Semitic racial segregation measures. On April 29, 1945, after a summary trial, he was sentenced to death. Starace was taken
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