O nazi-fascismo nas páginas do Diário Popular: Pelotas, 1923-1939.

Abstract

The present dissertation aims to analyze how the newspaper Diário Popular, from Pelotas, between 1923 and 1939, behaved in relation to fascist ideologies, especially towards German Nazism. Supported by documentary research and historiography about the subject, it attempted to trace the trajectory of the journal over the chronological clipping established in relation to its ideological positions. The Diário Popular was founded in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, connected to the Partido Republicano Rio-Grandense (PRR), and it became representative of the conservative classes of the city, being the official organism of the municipality until the 1930s. After the Revolution of 1930, it went through a long period of reformulation, becoming detached from the PRR and opposing to Vargas government. At last, after the implementation of the Estado Novo, it sought to conciliate with the regime and allied with the Estado Novo conception. The newspaper made contact with the fascist ideology in the 1920s, reporting it through its international section. Later, as the news emphasized the electoral victory of Adolf Hitler and the Germany Coordination, the Nazism became cover topic. At first, the newspaper maintained cordial relations to the fascist representatives in the city, especially with the Italian National Fascist Party and, later, also with the Section of the Nazi Party. However, after the implementation of the Estado Novo, it established the detachment already started in mid-1936.