FASCIST TYRANNY
AND ITALIAN INDIVIDUALS WAR PRISONER’S IMPRESSIONS “I don’t know if it’s the experience of all prisoners —but I think its very likely—it’s this: one does not for a moment cease to hate those tyrannous forces that we are fighting agams . e have seen Fascism in power, and its a damnable thing. But when one is in personal contact with the it’s difficult to feel personal hostility With the Italians, perhaps, that’s not surprising. How can you feel hosti e to a group of guards who ask you to hold their fish (and their rifles) while they get off the train to get you a cup of tea —and who then miss the train, leaving you to eat their fish and nurse their rifles? And you can't feel altogether hostile towards a policeman who undresses in his office to show you his pretty uniform. Sometimes, it’s true, the real Blackshirts come along, and then the atmosphere becomes severely impersonal. But that’s rare. More often I think, we have come to think of our gaolers as a group of individuals —Toni, Marco, Mario, Guiseppe—the simple-minded victims of a brutal system they’ve allowed to come to power.” —An Australian padre, giving “Impressions of Prison Life in Italy” in a 8.8. C. series. • .
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 October 1943, Page 3
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211FASCIST TYRANNY Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 October 1943, Page 3
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