Autore
Scatamacchia, Rosanna

Titolo
Prima e dopo l'8 settembre. L'amministrazione della Banca d'Italia in Jugoslavia, 1941-1944
Periodico
Contemporanea
Anno: 2015 - Volume: 71 - Fascicolo: 4 - Pagina iniziale: 507 - Pagina finale: 536

Based on a wide range of archive sources, the essay investigates the effects of the Italianarmistice on the administrative and institutional life of the Bank of Italy. It analyses thepolitical and financial reasons that between 1941 and 1944 drove the institution to enterinto the occupied territories of Yugoslavia, to play a diplomatic role, and to take part in thedevelopment of the fascist plans. Among the areas targeted by the Fascist expansionism,the Yugoslavian case is particularly interesting. Only in Yugoslavia the Bank of Italy assumedthe risk to enter without «standard of caution», while the military operations in theregion were still in progress and the negotiations both for the definition of the borders, andfor the property setup were barely started. Furthermore, in Yugoslavia the Bank launchedits own branches and sent its own staff in the country. Often it did it in order to supportthe employees of the Italian financial administration in the disputes with Germans andCroatians.The administration of the Bank gained successful consideration in managing the Armistice'sconsequences, particularly for the ability to bring back to Italy its own staff. Thiscontributed to strengthen the image of the Bank inside and outside Italy. Claiming itsadministrative skills, in the war aftermath the Bank of Italy could call for a central role inthe economic and political landscape, in spite of its compromises with the fascist regime.



SICI: 1127-3070(2015)71:4<507:PEDLSL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Testo completo: http://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1409/81437
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