An Italian right-wing leader visited the site of the Auschwitz death camp. The trip by Gianfranco Fini was the latest step in his drive to distance his National Alliance party from its neo-fascist roots. The National Alliance is a successor of the Italian Social Movement, a neo-fascist party founded after World War II by followers of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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