MERL Exhibition: Italy at War: A selection from the archives

Italy at war: a selection from the archives. • The University holds fascinating records relating to modern Italian history. This display will highlight the rare survivals of documents from the Repubblica di Salò – Mussolini’s final Fascist state that lasted from 1943 to 1945 – and the archive of Cecil Sprigge, Reuter’s chief correspondent in Italy from 1943 to 1946. 4 February 2014 – 30 March 2014. Location is the Staircase Hall, MERL. see http://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/sc-sprigge.aspx and http://www.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/sc-salo.aspx for more details of the archives featured.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000391?id=EVENT461217