2024 Programme
Event #18
Saturday 31st August_9.15 pm
bis:Sunday 1st September_10.00 am
Matteotti square1 - euro 4.50
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Alessandro Barbero
The murder of Matteotti, or on ingratitude
In the tragic case of Matteotti's murder, the subsequent investigation and trial (which resulted in negligible sentences for the actual perpetrators while acquitting all of the instigators and accomplices) offer a scandalous and farcical glimpse behind the scenes of the fascist regime. Right after the murder, Mussolini quickly distanced himself from those collaborators – often his most loyal and earliest supporters – who could be implicated in it. These individuals did not hesitate to compile compromising memoirs and threaten to reveal damaging information if the Duce did not ensure their impunity. This grotesque web of threats and mutual accusations reveals much about the moral character of those young and brilliant protagonists of the fascist "revolution."
Event No. 18 bis, scheduled for Sunday, September 1st, will also be streamed online.
Alessandro Barbero, historian and writer, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Eastern Piedmont and Vercelli. He contributes to the programmes “Passato e presente” and “a.C.d.C.” aired on Rai Storia. Since 2023 he has been the star of the programme “In viaggio con Barbero”, on LA7. In the same year he started for Chora Media “Chiedilo a Barbero”, a podcast in which he answers questions on history sent in by listeners. Among his publications: “Le parole del papa” (2016), “Caporetto” (2017), “Dante” (2020), 2All' arme! All'arme. I priori fanno carne” (2023), published by Laterza; “Gli occhi di Venezia” (2011) and “Le Ateniesi” (2015), published by Mondadori; “Costantino il vincitore” (Salerno, 2016); “Il divano di Istanbul” (2011), “Alabama” (2021), “Poeta al comando” (2022) and “Brick for stone” (2023), published by Sellerio.
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