Editing Sergipe (section)

===20th century===
The state saw bitter political disputes in the early 20th century, notably between [[Fausto Cardoso]] (1864-1906) and Olímpio Campos. Sergipe became notorious for its outlaws in the 1930s, including Virgolino Ferreira da Silva, better known as [[Lampião]], the "King of Bandits", who terrorized the state for almost a decade until his beheading by the Brazilian police in 1938. His head was later displayed on a pole in a village square.

Coastal Sergipe was attacked by [[Nazi Germany]] at the beginning of [[World War II]] in response to the rupture of relations between Brazil and the [[Axis powers]]. The [[German submarine U-507]], commanded by [[Harro Schacht]], attacked {{SS|Baependy||2}}, {{MV|Araraquara||2}}, and ''{{Ill|Brazilian cargo ship Aníbal Benévolo|lt=Aníbal Benévolo|pt|Aníbal Benévolo (navio)}}'' off Sergipe between August 15 and 16, 1942. The shipwrecks caused approximately 600 civilian deaths, and German and Italian immigrants communities in Sergipe were persecuted after the attack by mobs. The attacks of the U-507 prompted President Getúlio Vargas to declare war on Germany and Italy on August 22 of the same year.<ref name="g"/>