La Marcia della Giovinezza. 15 October 1940.
Exhibit Image

Published four months after Italy's entry into the war on the side of Germany, this photographic documentary with captions in several languages glorifies the martial spirit and physical prowess of Italian youth. Note the line of young men waiting calmly in turn to leap over the wall of fixed bayonets.


ITALIAN LIFE UNDER FASCISM: Selections from the Fry Collection
Exhibition in the Department of Special Collections
Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July through September 1998