Ur-Fascism | by Umberto Eco | The New York Review of Books
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/
In 1942, at the age of ten, I received the First Provincial Award of Ludi Juveniles (a voluntary, compulsory competition for young Italian Fascists—that is, for every young Italian). I elaborated with rhetorical skill on the subject “Should we die for the glory of Mussolini and the immortal destiny of Italy?” My answer was positive. I was a smart boy.