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Ciano, Galeazzo ___ 1903-1943 ___ Italian ___ diplomat, politician

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Gian Galeazzo Ciano was born in Livorno. His father, an admiral, was later decorated in the First World War. Ciano moved to Rome, where, when only 18, he took part in the march which led to the Fascist overthrow of the Republic. He studied law, tried journalism and then settled on a career in diplomacy. In 1930, he married Benito Mussolini's daughter Edda, and thereafter rose to become a member of the Fascist Supreme Council. He was a secretary of state for press and propaganda, and then served in the Italian air force during the invasion of Ethiopia, before becoming minister of foreign affairs. In 1939, with Ribbentrop, he signed the Pact of Steel with Germany. By 1943, however, Ciano's doubts about Italy's relationship with Germany had grown to the point where he advocated that Italy seek peace with the allies. Mussolini sacked him and the whole cabinet, and returned Ciano to the diplomatic service, as an ambassador to the Vatican. Still Ciano and other leading fascists were able to force Mussolini's resignation. Thereafter, though, the new government prepared to arrest Ciano for embezzling and so he fled Rome. He was captured by Mussolini sympathisers in Northern Italy, brought to trial for treason and executed. Several holocaust sites carry extracts from his diaries.
One biography link

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1939-1943 ___ military political people Nazism historyeye

WEB TEXT LINKS
etext
lots of extracts (search site with Google)

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Ciano Diaries, 1939-1943: the Complete, Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano
Hidden Diary, 1937-1938

May 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.