Background
Civita was born in New York, to Italian parents Vittoria Carpi and Civita (his mother was an opera singer and his father a businessman).
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His family emigrated from Italy to New York in 1938 following passage of the Race Law. In 1949 Civita relocated his family to, where he established the publishing house Editora Abril in São Paulo Paulo, which developed into Grupo Abril, one of the largest publishing houses in the country. Their father was Jewish.
In 1938 the extended family of parents, grown sons and their families, all left Italy because of enactment of the Race Laws against Jews under the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini.
Victor had married Sylvana, a native of Rome. They had two boys, Roberto and Richard.
The extended family lived in New York for a couple of years. By the 1960s it published nine magazines.
In 1949 Civita took his family from New York to São Paulo, where he founded Editora Abril the following year.
Civita developed this into Grupo Abril, one of the largest publishing houses in When launching his first magazine published in, Civita reportedly personally attached placards to city streetcars, which read: "Donald Duck has arrived", showing his intention to connect to United States culture. Civita was noted for promoting collaboration with the company"s employees on goals and work processes. He died in São Paulo Paulo, aged 83.
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