Documents from the Fascist era are preserved in Bocconi Historical Archives in a series of Buste AB, containing institutional communications and other material regarding teaching and administrative staff of the University.
In the Historical Archives you can also find documents mentioned by prof. Marzio Romani in the volume “Storia di una libera Università” (The history of a free University), in chapter 2, paragraph 2.4.1 “Decrees for the protection of race in school and Bocconi University”.
Also, Bocconi Historical Archives contributed to the project “Race and education. 1938 Anti-Jewish Laws”, coordinated by Bicocca University, lending documents for the exhibition (panel 5.7).
Archives:
Bocconi Archives – Buste AB, Series 49
Bocconi Historical Archives preserve documents produced and received by the University starting from its foundation; more in specific, in the archives “Buste AB” Series 49, organized in 4 subseries, it is possible to find documents related to the Fascist era.
Image: University census form completed by professor Giorgio Mortara, September 3rd 1938.
Mortara added a note to the form declaring he did not believe in the existence of Jewish race and modified all questions replacing “Jewish race” with the expression “Italian family of Jewish faith”.