Fascism has been a central concern of the Journal of Contemporary History since it’s first issue was published in 1966. It has also long been studied as a global and transnational phenomenon. In the past few decades, however, a spate of new work on comparative and transnational perspectives has enriched the field, drawing attention to the global entanglements, shared ideological formations, and mutual influences that shaped fascist regimes and movements. This special collection, which includes a Special Section on “The Dark Side of Transnationalism,” brings together a wide-ranging set of contributions that explore the circulation of fascist ideas, practices, and cultural forms across borders—from the intersections of Nazi and Fascist Italian racial ideologies to the political and symbolic connections forged across Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and East Asia. Articles examine the roles of the Catholic Church, propaganda, education, and tourism in sustaining fascist worldviews, while others analyze how fascism was remembered, resisted, or repurposed in the postwar period. The collection also considers the complexities of race, gender, and empire within fascist projects and their implementation across diverse contexts. Together, these studies offer a rich, multidimensional account of how fascisms were forged through both convergence and contestation, and how their legacies continue to resonate in transnational historical memory and contemporary practice.
The dépôt of the Police Prefecture of Paris, in the heart of the city, was one of the most
important places of anti-Jewish repression in France during the Occupation. It was
the hub for the deportation of almost a third of the 38,500 deportees domiciled ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Nov 28, 2023
In the summer of 1938, Italy's Fascist regime announced its new ‘racial’ policy, soon
to be followed by a series of draconian racial laws. The policy was based on the principle
that Catholic Italians were of the Aryan race and Jewish Italians belonged to ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Jan 31, 2023
After the end of Second World War, fascist movements re-emerged in many areas of Europe.
This forced governments to consider counter-measures from the early days of the Cold
War, when communism was seen as the main threat. Nevertheless, even studies ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Dec 5, 2022
This article explores conceptions of fascism as an international phenomenon as understood
by three political parties of the 1930s: Quisling’s Norwegian Nasjonal Samling (NS),
Lindholm’s Swedish Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarepartiet (NSAP) and Mussert’s ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Feb 25, 2022
This article analyses Fascist and Nazi propaganda during the Spanish Civil War, asking
how both nations exploited the conflict and how they interacted with each other and
the emerging Francoist state. In so doing, the article highlights the propagandistic
...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Feb 1, 2022
As an authoritarian ‘gravity centre’ in the interwar period, the Portuguese New State
was not the product of strong propaganda or power capacity. Its force of attraction
derived, essentially, from having an international means of diffusion: important ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Dec 20, 2021
The parallels and interconnections between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany are not
merely a matter of contemporary scholarly interest, but also were and still are a
charged political and societal question. Through an analysis of discourse in school
history ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Dec 13, 2021
The following article is an intellectual and cultural history of the American supporters
of Francisco Franco (hereafter referred to as American Francoites) and the Nationalist
Movement during the Spanish Civil War. This article examines political ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Dec 13, 2021
One of the troublesome factors in the Rome–Berlin Axis before and during the Second
World War centered on disagreements over racial ideology and corresponding antisemitic
policies. A common image sees Fascist Italy as a reluctant partner on racial matters,...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Oct 7, 2019
This article examines Danish tourist brochures and other promotional material distributed
in Germany from 1929–39. Through an analysis of a number of publications, it traces
how the Tourist Association of Denmark invoked tourist imaginaries related to ...
Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published Feb 4, 2019
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