The Purge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Case of the Italian Diplomats in West Germany (1948-1953)
Journal title ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA
Author/s Filippo Triola
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/281
Language Italian Pages 26 P. 107-132 File size 184 KB
DOI 10.3280/IC2016-281005
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The author analyzes the issues linked to the purge of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After reviewing the different dynamics followed by Italian diplomacy during the process of defascistization, the author focuses on those Italian diplomats that were sent to West Germany between 1946 and 1953. The essay is based on largely unedited documents from the archive of the Italian Foreign Ministry, the Central State archive and the archive of Auswärtiges Amt in Berlin. The author argues that the attempt to defascistize the Foreign Ministry was largely thwarted, due to a complex series of political and bureaucratic circumstances. The example of the first Italian representatives in the Federal Republic of Germany shows an overwhelming level of continuity of staff.
Keywords: purge, defascistization, German-Italian relations, Federal Republic of Germany, Italian Foreign Ministry, High Commission for sanctions against Fascism
Filippo Triola, La questione delle epurazioni all'interno del ministero degli Esteri. Il caso dei rappresentanti italiani in Germania occidentale durante la prima legislatura (1948-1953) in "ITALIA CONTEMPORANEA" 281/2016, pp 107-132, DOI: 10.3280/IC2016-281005