During World War II he was paid by the Italian government to make hundreds of radio broadcasts criticizing the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jews, as a result of which he was arrested by American forces in Italy in 1945 on charges of treason.
During World War II he was paid by the Italian government to make just over a hundred radio broadcasts. Some of these radio broadcasts criticized the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jews, and he was arrested by American forces in Italy in 1945 on suspicion of treason.