Siamo Ariani? We are Aryans?

Description:

Anti-Fascist, anti-Muscolini, anti-Nazi literature by Louis Candela head of Italian IWO section which is listed as having 7,000 members. Booklet in Italian asks "Are We Arayans?" Denounces anti-semitism as racist (and non-Italian) and explicitly mentions New York Mayor LaGuardia's mother Irene Coen Lazatti as Italian Jewish. Cover graphic by Perlin.

Date:

1938-10 to 1939-09

Copyright:

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Creator:

Bardi, Gino

File Name:

5276b49f20_01

Identifier:

International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 49, Folder 20

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University