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Organizzazione per Vigilanza e Repressione Antifascismo (OVRA) CercaDefinizione
The Organizzazione per Vigilanza e Repressione Antifascismo (OVRA), established in 1927, functioned as the secret political police for the Fascist government in Italy. Acting as a special investigation bureau, the OVRA was made of volunteer informers who monitored the activities of and arrested political opponents. The head of OVRA was Arturo Bocchini. (en-US)
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Gallo, Max. Mussolini's Italy: Twenty Years of the Fascist Era. New York City: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1973. p. 203, 212, 237-238