Antifascism in Europe: Networks, Exchanges, and Influences. The Case of Silvio Trentin in Toulouse and in the Resistenza in Veneto (1926–1944)

The concept of antifascism in Europe is particularly difficult to grasp in all its complexity due to the heterogeneous ideologies, movements, and parties that coexisted in Europe between 1922 and 1945. However, this plurality of forces clearly constitutes its essence. In order to discuss this concept, it is essential to address some central issues. To which basic problem did antifascism aim at finding a response?¹ And in which dimension does it fall? Antifascism in Europe originated and found its expression as a reaction to fascism, which had grown in an international environment. Responding to claims of supremacy in Europe by