Fascist Youth

Those who are familiar with Hitler and the Nazis will probably also know about the Nazi Youth. It was a method to indoctrinate future generations of children into the Nazi philosophy and to prepare them to fight in the coming war to conquer and dominate the world. Mussolini and the Fascists in Italy had a similar program.

As part of the process of raising children in the fascist ideals, the Fascist government organized an exhibition from June to September 1937 called, La Mostra Nazionale delle Colonie Estive e dell’Assistenza all’Infanzia – the National Exhibition of Summer Camps and Child Care. It was located in Rome at the Circus Maximus, where chariot races were held during reign of the Roman Empire.

The purpose of the exhibition was to provide information and advice to parents and teachers on how to teach children to become good fascists. This included the re-education of juveniles, older children.

The stamps on this album page were to commemorate that exhibition. Notice the adorable children depicted meant to encourage parents to join this movement: one child is making the fascist salute, another boy is standing by two towering fascists, and a girl is holding a rifle. It makes me wonder what exactly they taught and demonstrated at this expo.

Note

This album page is complete with all unused stamps. I’m pleased to have it finished, which I accomplished recently since they don’t cost much. The Nazi and Fascist movements were always a little fascinating to me when I was a kid in school. We never covered it in history class: it was contained in the last chapters of our books, which we never reached before the school year ended – and the following year we would start over.

Contains 16 spots: own 16 – 16 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Oct 28, 2022

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Fascist Children

1.1	✓	406	Child Holding Wheat	10c (jun 1937) comm., brown
1.2	✓	407	Child with Arm Raised	20c (jun 1937) comm., red
1.3	✓	410	Child with Arm Raised	50c (jun 1937) comm., purple
1.4	✓	408	Child Holding Wheat	25c (jun 1937) comm., green
2.1	✓	409	Child between Fascists	30c (jun 1937) comm., brown
2.4	✓	411	Child in Swaddling Clothes	75c (jun 1937) comm., red
2.2	✓	412	Child with Arm Raised	1.25₤ (jun 1937) comm., sky blue
2.3	✓	415	Child with Arm Raised	5+3₤ (jun 1937) semi-postal, grey

Semi-Postal

3.1	✓	413	Child between Fascists	1.75+0.75₤ (jun 1937) semi-postal, orange
3.2	✓	414	Child in Swaddling Clothes	2.75+1.25₤ (jun 1937) semi-postal, green

Air Mail

4.1	✓	A100	Child Holding Gun	25c (jun 1937) air mail, green
4.2	✓	A101	Faces of Children	50c (jun 1937) air mail, sepia
4.3	✓	A102	Child Holding Gun	1₤ (jun 1937) air mail, purple

Semi-Postal Air Mail

5.1	✓	A103	Faces of Children	2+1₤ (jun 1937) air mail, sky blue
5.2	✓	A104	Child Holding Gun	3+2₤ (jun 1937) air mail, red
5.3	✓	A105	Faces of Children	5+3₤ (jun 1937) air mail, pink

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.