Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
2006
Titel der Quelle:
Tra Roma e Bolzano
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2006) 129-137
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc. 20th century
;
History
Abstract:
Disagrees with two assertions prevalent in Italian historiography regarding the persecution of the Jews in Italy. The first is that it was the result of the approach of Italian fascism to Nazi Germany, and the second, that it was relatively mild. States that the persecution of the Jews, which began with the Racial Laws in 1938, was the outcome of indigenous factors. The fascist regime entered a stage of "totalizzazione del regime", extreme rigorousness in pursuing the homogenization of society and public opinion as a preparation for war. The exclusion of the Jews, an instrument of homogenization, was made possible by the racism already extant in Italian society, which emerged from the colonialist expansion in Africa combined with traditional Catholic anti-Judaism. Most Italians accepted the Racial Laws as self-evident, and with complete indifference, facilitating their dissemination and enforcement; this refutes the claim of the indulgent and casual character of the persecution of the Jews.
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