Alessandro Pavolini
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Alessandro Pavolini | |
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Secretary of the Republican Fascist Party | |
In office 15 November 1943 – 28 April 1945 | |
Leader | Benito Mussolini |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister of Popular Culture | |
In office 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 | |
Prime Minister | Benito Mussolini |
Preceded by | Dino Alfieri |
Succeeded by | Gaetano Polverelli |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies / Chamber of Fasces and Corporations | |
In office 28 April 1934 – 25 July 1943 | |
President | Giovanni Giuriati Costanzo Ciano Dino Grandi |
Constituency | Florence |
Personal details | |
Born | Florence, Kingdom of Italy | 27 September 1903
Died | 28 April 1945 Dongo, Italian Social Republic | (aged 41)
Political party | FIC (1920–1921) PNF (1921–1943) PFR (1943–1945) |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Spouse |
Teresa Franzi (m. 1929) |
Domestic partner | Doris Duranti (1940–1945) |
Children | Ferruccio (1930) Maria Vittoria (1931) Vanni (1938) |
Alma mater | University of Florence, Sapienza University of Rome |
Profession | Lawyer, journalist |
Alessandro Pavolini (27 September 1903 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and
Early life and career
A native of
After joining
Prominence
After becoming a member of the national PNF leadership in 1932, he moved on from local politics to become the president of the Fascist Confederation of Professionals and Artists, which propelled him to a leadership position in the Council of
Minister of Popular Culture (Minculpop in short) meant in fact Ministry of Propaganda and Pavolini had an iron grip on what the press could or could not publish. The written instructions to the press (including radio broadcasts and "Luce" cinema newsreels) were dubbed veline (tissue paper) by the newsmen and covered an amazing variety of domains (from forbidding to publish photos of boxer Primo Carnera knocked out and lying unconscious to the obligation of publishing flattering propaganda photos of Mussolini on a brand new Fiat tractor or forbidding to publish photos of Naples under the snow, fearing it would damage the tourism industry).
Minculpop also tackled the cinema industry (the famous and very creative
Pavolini was deeply involved in the cinema industry (either on the propaganda or on the entertainment sides of it) and famously had a much publicized affair with Doris Duranti, a film actress of the period who starred in the Telefoni Bianchi subgenre of light comedy films and prominently featured in the very first bare-bosomed scene in Italian cinema.
The
Capture and death
Pavolini was captured after a desperate escape attempt which saw him swimming across
References
- ^ Steve Cole (5 August 2009). "The Execution of Mussolini".
External links
- Teodori, Giovanni (2014). "PAVOLINI, Alessandro". ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Italian Government (Archived 2009-10-25) at www.geocities.com
- Newspaper clippings about Alessandro Pavolini in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW