Heroes or Terrorists? War, Resistance, and Memorialization in Tuscany, 1943-1945

This thesis will delve into the unfolding of the Italian Resistance, from an underground association to a militant organization, which aided and facilitated the Allied advance to northern Italy. Particular emphasis will be placed on the actions and consequences of the Resistance in rural Tuscany and their affect on the local population. It will examine the changing views of Italian society, from the immediate post-war era and the decades that followed, with a brief examination of the cinematographic influences on the social views. It will include the debate over who deserves a commemorative monument and the divided and changed memory regarding the Resistance. Finally, the author will examine the current debate over the most appropriate way to memorialize the complicated and tumultuous struggle to free Italy over sixty years ago.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in History (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of History

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Lamarre, Lynda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kathleen Comerford
• John W. Steinberg

• ETD
• Partisans
• Italian resistance
• Fascism
• Tuscany
• World War II
• Massacres
• Retaliations
• Memorializations

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/596

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1596