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Giovinezza was the official hymn of the Italian National Fascist Party, regime, and army, and was an unofficial national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy.
“Giovinezza” (“Youth”) was the official hymn of the National Fascist Party in Italy between 1924 and 1943, when Mussolini was arrested and locked up in prison.
This sense of masculinity engrossed Fascist officials and is key to understanding the culture enforced under Mussolini from 1922 to 1939.

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“Giovinezza” (“Youth”) was the official hymn of the National Fascist Party in Italy between 1924 and 1943, when Mussolini was arrested and locked up in prison by the Grand Council of Fascism. Drawing upon a central theme in fascist ideology — the cult of youth, or springtime, as a metaphor for national rebirth — “Giovinezza” was suppressed in Italy by the Allies during the Second World War and remains banned in Italy today.

The following is one of the most popular recordings of “Giovinezza,” along with the English lyrics.

Lyrics

Hail, people of heroes,
Hail, immortal Fatherland,
Your sons were born again
With the faith and the Ideal.
Your warriors’ valour,
Your pioneers’ virtue,
Alighieri’s vision,
Today shines in every heart

Youth, Youth,
Spring of beauty,
In the hardship of life
Your song rings and goes!
And for Benito Mussolini,
Hip, hip hooray!
And for our beautiful Fatherland,
Hip, hip hooray!

In the Italian borders,
Italians have been remade
Mussolini

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Giovinezza

Italian Fascist anthem

For other uses, see Giovinezza (graduation song) and Giovinezza (film).

"Giovinezza" (pronounced[dʒoviˈnettsa]; Italian for 'Youth') was the official hymn of the Italian National Fascist Party, regime, and army, and was an unofficial national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy between 1924 and 1943.^[1] Although often sung with the Royal March, the official anthem, some sources consider "Giovinezza" to have supplanted it as the de facto national anthem of the country^[2] (Inno della Patria),^[3] to the dismay of Victor Emmanuel III^[4]—a powerful symbol of the diarchy between the King and Mussolini.^[5] It was subsequently the official anthem of the Italian Social Republic.^[6]

Ubiquitous in mid-twentieth century Italy, the hymn emphasized youth as a theme of the fascist movement and was one example of the centrality of the Arditi to the fascist narrative.^[7]

History

"Giovinezza" was composed by lawyer and composer Giuseppe Blanc in 1909 as "Il

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The Rise of Italian Fascism

In Italy, Benito Mussolini, known as “El Duce” or “the leader,” was installing a Fascist system similar to the Nazis in Germany. His political party was called the National Fascist Party. Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and ruled until he was deposed in 1943. Characteristic of the Fascist approach was a quote attributed to El Duce: “We have buried the putrid corps of liberty” through the use of secret police, the Blackshirts. Once in power, Mussolini’s party became the only legal party, and Italy became a totalitarian state with a strong nationalistic bent. Mussolini promised to raise Italy to the glory days of the Roman Empire.

The basic underlying idea behind Mussolini’s foreign policy was that of spazio vitale (vital space), a concept in Italian Fascism that was analogous to Lebensraum in German National Socialism. According to the Fascist doctrine, Italy could not grow economically without this spazio vitale. Mussolini claimed that the entire Mediterranean area was Italy’s spazio vitale. Akin to spazio vitale and