Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Studi Storici
Angaben zur Quelle:
29,4 (1988) 821-902
Keywords:
Catholic Church Relations
;
Judaism
;
Church history 20th century
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Catholic Church
;
Antisemitism
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Examines the Italian Catholic press and documents issued by the Vatican and the Italian Church relating to the fascist racial legislation. Argues that the persecution of Jews was marginal to the conflict between the Church and Mussolini. The ambiguous response of the Church to antisemitism reflects the tradition of anti-Judaic prejudice. The Catholic press opposed Nazi racism, but expressed anti-Jewish stereotypes (e.g. the "Jewish Bolshevik" danger) and hostility toward Zionism. Reaction to the "Manifesto della Razza" and the anti-Jewish legislation ranged from approval to rejection in Catholic circles. The Church was concerned mainly with problems of converted Jews and mixed marriages. Notes that some Catholic antisemitic writers (e.g. Paolo Orano) used theological arguments to justify discrimination.
Note:
Appeared also in "La Legislazione antiebraica in Italia e in Europa" (1989) 163-274 and in his collected articles "Antisemitismo e cattolicesimo" (2013) 265-369.
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