Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism

ISBN-13: 9781108439350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 379 str.

Shira Klein

Opis

Mining new sources, Klein tells the dramatic story of Italy's Jews, from emancipation to Fascism, the Holocaust, and postwar myth-making.

Recenzje

'… an enlightening and ground-breaking study of Italian Jewish experiences, memories and reconstructions of anti-Semitic persecution under Mussolini's fascist regime.' Shira Klein, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The making of Italian Jewish patriots: emancipation, World War I, and Fascism; 2. A thriving Jewish life: Jewish culture in the Kingdom of Italy; 3. Five long years of Italian racism: anti-Jewish laws, 1938–43; 4. Hunting for Jews: the Italian and German manhunt in the Republic of Salò, 1943–5; 5. Imagining Italy: Italian Jewish refugees in the United States; 6. Fur coats in the desert: Italian Jewish refugees in Palestine; 7. Recovery and revival: postwar Italian Jewry and the JDC; 8. The myth of the good Italian: making peace with postwar Italy; Conclusion.