Don Francesco Putzu e le “confessioni” in tram contro il regime e contro la guerra
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Don Francesco Putzu, OVRA, political police, anti-fascist priestsAbstract
During the years of the Civil War in Spain (1936-1939), the OVRA, Mussolini's political police, extended its structure to Sardinia, opening an office in July 1937 in Cagliari to keep the whole island under control. Several citizens from Cagliari and its area, including a priest from Monserrato, Don Francesco Putzu, were caught into the network of agents and spies of the secret police. In several occasions, even during the journey made by tram from Cagliari to Monserrato, Don Putzu had expressed his thoughts on war and fascism to an alleged friend from his own village, who actually was an OVRA spy. Don Putzu opposed to war and was strongly critical against the regime, so he was reported to the Political Police Division in Rome because he was presumed to "undermine the regime" with his speeches.
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2011-12-31
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FOCUS - Per la guerra e per la pace: sacerdoti sardi tra fascismo, “afascismo” e antifascismo
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