Paolo Treves
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Born in Milan in 1908, son of the well-known Italian socialist Claudio Treves
(1869-1933). Paolo Treves worked for the Milanese socialist paper La Giustizia in the early 1920s and studied under Benedetto Croce
, with whom he corresponded until the outbreak of war despite the latter's tacit support for Benito Mussolini
. After the Fascist takeover, Paolo was singled out and detained for several months by the government, primarily because of Mussolini's hatred of the elder Treves.
After fleeing Italy, Paolo became a member of the Executive Committee of the underground Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI). He worked as a liaison officer with Italian exiles in Paris and then, following his father's death in 1933, lived in the UK from 1938 to 1944. Treves studied Linguistics
at Liverpool University in 1939 and became a lecturer in Italian at Bedford College of the University of London
. He was recruited to be a scriptwriter and broadcaster for the Italian section of the BBC
in 1940 and worked for the BBC until 1944. He contributed to several papers on Italian affairs and published 'What Mussolini did to us' (1940) and 'Italy, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' (1942). As a member of the London branch of the PSI, Treves sat on the Advisory Committee of International Socialist Forum
and the International Bureau of the Fabian Society
.
He returned to Italy 1945 and became editor of the PSI daily, Avanti!
. Treves was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, served in a number of post-war government ministries as a minority social democrat, including as undersecretary at the Ministry for Foreign Relations.
International publishing, London (1944).
Claudio Treves
Claudio Treves was an Italian politician and journalist.-Youth:Claudio Treves was born in Turin into a well off assimilated Jewish family...
(1869-1933). Paolo Treves worked for the Milanese socialist paper La Giustizia in the early 1920s and studied under Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, and occasionally also politician. He wrote on numerous topics, including philosophy, history, methodology of history writing and aesthetics, and was a prominent liberal, although he opposed laissez-faire free trade...
, with whom he corresponded until the outbreak of war despite the latter's tacit support for Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
. After the Fascist takeover, Paolo was singled out and detained for several months by the government, primarily because of Mussolini's hatred of the elder Treves.
After fleeing Italy, Paolo became a member of the Executive Committee of the underground Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI). He worked as a liaison officer with Italian exiles in Paris and then, following his father's death in 1933, lived in the UK from 1938 to 1944. Treves studied Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
at Liverpool University in 1939 and became a lecturer in Italian at Bedford College of the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. He was recruited to be a scriptwriter and broadcaster for the Italian section of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in 1940 and worked for the BBC until 1944. He contributed to several papers on Italian affairs and published 'What Mussolini did to us' (1940) and 'Italy, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' (1942). As a member of the London branch of the PSI, Treves sat on the Advisory Committee of International Socialist Forum
Socialist International
The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
and the International Bureau of the Fabian Society
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
.
He returned to Italy 1945 and became editor of the PSI daily, Avanti!
Avanti! (Italian newspaper)
Avanti! is an Italian daily newspaper, born as the official voice of the Italian Socialist Party, published since December 25, 1896. It took its name from its German counterpart Vorwärts.-History:...
. Treves was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, served in a number of post-war government ministries as a minority social democrat, including as undersecretary at the Ministry for Foreign Relations.
Sources
- Pietro Nenni, Gino Calzolari, Riccardo Luzzatto, Paolo Treves. Italy's Struggle for Liberation.
International publishing, London (1944).
- http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/t/10771489.php : Paolo Treves Papers, International Institute of Social History.
- Fabio Fernando Rizi. Benedetto Croce and Italian Fascism. University of Toronto Press (2003). ISBN 0-8020-3762-3