Angelo Del Boca (23 May 1925 – 6 July 2021) was an Italian historian. He specialized in the study of the

Italian Colonial Empire The Italian colonial empire ( it, Impero coloniale italiano), known as the Italian Empire (''Impero Italiano'') between 1936 and 1943, began in Africa in the 19th century and comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions and dependencie ...

, and the involvement in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...

, and

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...

during the first part of 20th century. Del Boca was the first post-WWII Italian scholar to devote himself extensively to the study of Fascist Italy's expansion in Africa, and to publish information on the crimes committed by the Italian army in Ethiopia and Libya during its period of

Fascism Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and t ...

and

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. He was editor of the Anti-Fascist newspaper '' Il Giorno'', and professor of Contemporary History in the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

's Faculty of Political Science. He took part in the

Italian resistance movement The Italian resistance movement (the ''Resistenza italiana'' and ''la Resistenza'') is an umbrella term for the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Socia ...

. In 2002 Del Boca received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lucerne. Del Boca died on 6 July 2021 at the age of 96.Morto a Torino lo storico Angelo Del Boca

Books

* ???? '' La Nostra Africa'' * 1963 '' La Scelta'' * 1965 '' Fascism Today'' * 1965 ''La Guerra d'Abissinia, 1935-1941'' English translation ''The Ethiopian War 1935-1941'' * 1995 ''Il Negus'' (biography of Hayla Sellase (Haile Selassie)); English translation ''The Negus'', 2012 Arcada Books * 1996 '' Il Gas di Mussolini '' * 2007 ''A un passo dalla forca'', Baldini Castoldi Dalai, Milan 2007 * 2009 ''La storia negata. Il revisionismo e il suo uso politico'', published by Neri Pozza. * 2005 '' Italiani, brava gente?''

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