Italian war crimes have mainly been associated with Fascist Italy in Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II.
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“Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmother’s nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite without Christian feeling; the mercy of the Lord Jesus had never entered her heart. Her piety was an act of war against Protestant ascendancy. ...The teachings of the Church did not interest her, except as they were a rebuke to others ...”
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In late December before the fire’s daze
Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.”
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