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OVRA
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ovra ôvra
English
Etymology
en it OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as it Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism 1 1.
Proper noun
en history The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.
See also
en Gestapo
en Kenpeitai
en History of Italy Fascism World War II