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Word: trento (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...counter violence, but not while Mussolini retains his power. Liberty is the preservation of minority criticism. This has been eliminated." Many Italians in the Southern Tyrol have Austrian names. Last week King Vittorio Emanuele signed a Cabinet decree ordering all families in the Tyrolese province of Trento to adopt a strictly Italian spelling of their names, even though the offending syllables might have to be completely translated. Il Benito had taken care to see that fines up to 25,000 lire ($1,000) were provided for nonobservance of the decree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Fascismo Trionfante | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

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