5 Personal profiles
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Jonathan Dunnage
Abstract
This chapter looks at the lives and careers of a selection of Public Security officials and employees of the Interior Ministry Police. It addresses the issues of how police personnel 'managed' and 'survived' the fascist establishment and how far ideological factors determined successful careers in the force. It needs to be stressed that the personal files of members of the Interior Ministry Police vary in the amount of material which they contain. As not infrequently happened to provincial police chiefs who fell out with the Party, at the end of 1935 Epifanio Pennetta was transferred to the Interior Ministry Police headquarters at Rome, where he was appointed Public Security Inspector. Edoardo Mezza's profile illustrates a seemingly less excitable 'first-hour' fascist who nevertheless encouraged an application of the regime's ideology to the police profession.
Abstract
This chapter looks at the lives and careers of a selection of Public Security officials and employees of the Interior Ministry Police. It addresses the issues of how police personnel 'managed' and 'survived' the fascist establishment and how far ideological factors determined successful careers in the force. It needs to be stressed that the personal files of members of the Interior Ministry Police vary in the amount of material which they contain. As not infrequently happened to provincial police chiefs who fell out with the Party, at the end of 1935 Epifanio Pennetta was transferred to the Interior Ministry Police headquarters at Rome, where he was appointed Public Security Inspector. Edoardo Mezza's profile illustrates a seemingly less excitable 'first-hour' fascist who nevertheless encouraged an application of the regime's ideology to the police profession.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 ‘Cinderella status’ 8
- 2 The ‘fascistisation’ of police culture 37
- 3 Oppression and consensus-building 78
- 4 The performance of Mussolini’s policemen 104
- 5 Personal profiles 135
- 6 Facing the demise of fascism 166
- 7 Conclusion 206
- Select bibliography 223
- Index 229
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Preface and acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 ‘Cinderella status’ 8
- 2 The ‘fascistisation’ of police culture 37
- 3 Oppression and consensus-building 78
- 4 The performance of Mussolini’s policemen 104
- 5 Personal profiles 135
- 6 Facing the demise of fascism 166
- 7 Conclusion 206
- Select bibliography 223
- Index 229
