The Race Census of 22 August 1938 in Milan. Implementing Procedure: And Bureaucratic Management [Il censimento della razza del 22 agosto 1938 a Milano. ModalitÀ attuative e gestione burocratica]

The use of originai sources has led to the reconstruction of happenings tied to the preparation, realization and management of the race census conducted by the fascist regime on August 22n d 1938 in Milan, organized and managed by the prefetture and by the city of Milan. A thorough reconstruction of the work carried out by Milan's bureaucratic machine has shown just how the census led to an intrusion of the very lives of the individuals it accounted for. Additionally, it represented the initial phase of a wide-scale and in-depth persecutory action that gave rise to the proclamation of royal legislative decree 1728/1938. This dealt with a general yet genuine backing of the fascist-led administrative and bureaucratic apparatus, which was shown off in Milan for its considerable effìciency.