"Goodfellas". The consent of young people to Italian Social Republic in the judgements of the special assize court of Como between repression and pacification

Journal title STORIA IN LOMBARDIA
Author/s Raffaella Bianchi Riva
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2020/2
Language Italian Pages 40 P. 71-110 File size 249 KB
DOI 10.3280/SIL2020-002004
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During the changeover from Fascism to Republic, many boys and girls that had fought at the side of Republic of Salò were charged with collaboration with the Germans. Special assize courts and, after their suppression, special sections of ordinary assize courts, established in order to punish crimes of collaboration, progressively attenuated their rigorousness, in particular with regard to young defendants. In the context of the studies devoted to the issue of transitional justice, the essay focuses on the grounds of the judgements of the special assize court of Como in order to condemn or acquit young people charged with collaboration, thus balancing out repressive instances and aim of pacification.

Keywords: transitional justice, crime of collaboration with the Germans, special assize courts, Italian Social Republic, 1943-1947, Como.

Raffaella Bianchi Riva, Quei «bravi ragazzi». L’adesione dei giovani alla RSI nelle sentenze della Corte d’assise straordinaria di Como tra repressione e pacificazione in "STORIA IN LOMBARDIA" 2/2020, pp 71-110, DOI: 10.3280/SIL2020-002004