The Jews in Mussolini's Italy
From Equality to Persecution
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:15th Dec '06
Should be back in stock very soon
Often overshadowed by the persecution of Jews in Germany, the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy comes into sharp focus in this volume by Italian historian Michele Sarfatti. Using thorough and careful statistical evidence to document how the Italian social climate changed from relatively just to irredeemably prejudicial, Sarfatti begins with a history of Italian Jews in the decades before fascism - when Jews were fully integrated into Italian national life - and provides a deft and comprehensive history from fascism's rise in 1922 to its defeat in 1945.
This rich and compassionate study of the plight of Italy's Jews combines vivid narrative with scrupulous historical accuracy. - Booklist ""Michele Sarfatti has challenged and effectively demolished the myth that Italian fascism was simply aping Hitler's Germany in its creation of the racial laws against the Jews. He describes the independent genesis of Mussolini's racial policy and its distinct character."" - Alexander Stille, author of The Sack of Rome and Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism ""Prodigiously documented and definitive."" - Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780299217341
Dimensions: 228mm x 163mm x 23mm
Weight: 602g
438 pages