{"id":315,"date":"2024-12-11T19:31:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T00:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/hitler-with-mussolini\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:06:06","slug":"hitler-with-mussolini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/post-cards\/hitler-with-mussolini\/","title":{"rendered":"Mussolini Signing Autograph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Accession Number:<\/strong> 2022.02.12.2.2<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Stamp:<\/strong> 1936 Otto von Bismarck, Deutsches Reich, 6 Pfennig (dark green)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Postmark:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Berlin Staatstreffen Mussolini-hitler, 25.-29. 9.1937<\/em><br \/>\nBerlin State Meeting of Mussolini and Hitler, September 25th-29th, 1937<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Historical background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was the goal of the Nazi regime to project robust unity with Mussolini\u2019s Fascist regime. The image of the camaraderie between the two ex-corporals who had risen from humble origins to the top of government was a Fascist and Nazi strategy to appeal to the masses and make the Italo-German alliance appear distinct from the Franco-British coalition, which was made out to be held together by the machinations of secretive and elitist diplomats (Goeschel, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Goeschel, C. (2018). <em>Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance<\/em>. Yale University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accession Number: 2022.02.12.2.2 Stamp: 1936 Otto von Bismarck, Deutsches Reich, 6 Pfennig (dark green) Postmark: Berlin Staatstreffen Mussolini-hitler, 25.-29. 9.1937 Berlin State Meeting of Mussolini and Hitler, September 25th-29th, 1937 Historical background: It was the goal of the Nazi regime to project robust unity with Mussolini\u2019s Fascist regime. 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