Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
17 (1986) 17-50
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Italy History German occupation, 1943-1945
Abstract:
Examines the involvement of the Italian puppet state, set up in September 1943 after the German occupation, in the persecution of Italian Jewry (then numbering ca. 44,000). In mid-October, a special unit sent by Eichmann began to round up and deport Jews. In November, they were declared enemy nationals and the Minister of the Interior ordered their arrest and internment in provincial concentration camps, especially at Fossoli, and confiscation of their property. Discusses legislative measures, and the activities of the General Inspectorate for Race, set up in April 1944 to coordinate anti-Jewish policy and headed by a veteran antisemite, Giovanni Preziosi. The Germans continued to arrest Jews and, in February 1944, took over Fossoli. Describes relations between the RSI and the occupying German forces, concluding that antisemitism seems to have been a voluntary adaptation motivated by tactics of foreign policy rather than a surrender to German demands.
Note:
In Hebrew:
,
"יד ושם; קובץ מחקרים" יז-יח (תשמז) 1-28
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