in summer 1941 the italian government started a policy of italianization in all the governorate of dalmatia. new italian schools were opened in the "bocche di cattaro" (now called boka kotorska). administrative personnel from italy moved to cattaro city (nearly 6,700 dalmatian italians took refuge in italy after the creation of jugoslavia in 1919, and many of them were offered work if they returned to settle with their families in the governorate of dalmatia). bastianini started needed public works, building hospitals, sewage and roads in the area.