Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Rassegna Mensile di Israel
Angaben zur Quelle:
60,1-2 (1994) 82-94
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Discusses the common assumption that the "brave" Italians rescued a lot of Jews during the Holocaust and that the implementation of the racial laws was approximate at best. States that Mussolini's anti-Jewish policy was in gestation during the period 1936-37, and that the discriminatory legislation of 1938 was no imitation of German legislation nor was it adopted under German pressure, but in order to keep in line with the anti-Jewish international climate (e.g. in Germany, Hungary, Romania). Stresses that a great number of Italians showed indifference, and that the administration promptly and strictly implemented the instructions received. Under the Italian Social Republic, Italian police and para-military organizations fully collaborated with the Germans in arresting and deporting the Jews. Argues that, many times, helping Jews was an expression of general dissatisfaction with a bankrupt government. also observes that it took years until the new government abolished the racial legislation, between 1945-47.
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