In 1976, Feltrinelli published his university thesis entitled "Giuseppe Bottai, un fascista critico". He was a member of the Partito Nazionale Fascista, and a friend of Benito Mussolini. The action was claimed by Domenico Leccisi's Partito Democratico Fascista ("Democratic Fascist Party"). In 1930, Scorza was appointed to direct the key Party youth organization, Gruppo Universitario Fascista. Many monuments in Italy still bear "Era Fascista" dates. The "Era Fascista" calendar was inspired by the French Republican calendar. The Fascista soldier then pretended to create an exchange with German prisoners. The Era Fascista ("Fascist Era") was a calendar era (year numbering) used in Fascist Italy. Fascista cercerisella (redbud leaffolder) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.