Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism

Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism
Author: Shira Klein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108337376

How did Italy treat Jews during World War II? Historians have shown beyond doubt that many Italians were complicit in the Holocaust, yet Italy is still known as the Axis state that helped Jews. Shira Klein uncovers how Italian Jews, though victims of Italian persecution, promoted the view that Fascist Italy was categorically good to them. She shows how the Jews' experience in the decades before World War II - during which they became fervent Italian patriots while maintaining their distinctive Jewish culture - led them later to bolster the myth of Italy's wartime innocence in the Fascist racial campaign. Italy's Jews experienced a century of dramatic changes, from emancipation in 1848, to the 1938 Racial Laws, wartime refuge in America and Palestine, and the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors. This cultural and social history draws on a wealth of unexplored sources, including original interviews and unpublished memoirs.

The Jews in Mussolini's Italy

The Jews in Mussolini's Italy
Author: Michele Sarfatti
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2006
Genre: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN: 9780299217341

Provides a comprehensive history from the rise of fascism in 1922 to its defeat in 1945. The author uses statistical evidence to document how the Italian social climate changed from relatively just to irredeemably prejudicial. He demonstrates that Rome did not simply follow the lead of Berlin.

Jazz Italian Style

Jazz Italian Style
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107169771

This book examines the arrival of jazz in Italy, its reception and development, and how its distinct style influenced musicians in America.

The Jews in Fascist Italy: A History

The Jews in Fascist Italy: A History
Author: Renzo De Felice
Publisher: Enigma Books
Total Pages: 659
Release: 2015-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0986376418

My aim was to explain in detail the facts surrounding Fascist anti-Semitism and the persecution of the Jews in Mussolini's Italy. Too many people in Italy and elsewhere underestimate or deny the tragic fate of European Jewry and anti-Semitism between the two world wars. A few short years ago anti-Semitism appeared defeated and reduced to a tiny group of fanatics. But now it seems to be regaining ground in its more political incarnation, probably the most dangerous one, because next to the religious, social and economic varieties it is the most insidious of all. The author occupies a central position among Italian historians specialized in modern Italy's political history. He broke new ground by first publishing this book in 1961 having obtained special permission to consult the files in the Archives of the Italian Jewish Communities concerning the Fascist regime's persecution of the Jews in Italy from 1938 to 1945. The book's release coincided with the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem that brought the Holocaust to the attention of other historians and to the world public. The English translation of the final 1993 edition was supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This paperback and electronic book edition is published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Mussolini's Nation-Empire

Mussolini's Nation-Empire
Author: Roberta Pergher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108419747

The first exploration of how Mussolini employed population settlement inside the nation and across the empire to strengthen Italian sovereignty.

The Fascists and the Jews of Italy

The Fascists and the Jews of Italy
Author: Michael A. Livingston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 110702756X

Describes the history and nature of the Italian Race Laws during the period (1938-43) when Italy was independent of German control.

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Kevin Passmore
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0191508551

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world—tracing its origins in the intellectual, political, and social crises of the late nineteenth century, the rise of fascism following World War I, including fascist regimes in Italy and Germany, and the fortunes of 'failed' fascist movements in Eastern Europe, Spain, and the Americas. He also considers fascism in culture, the new interest in transnational research, and the progress of the far right since 2002. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Germans, Jews, and Antisemites

Germans, Jews, and Antisemites
Author: Shulamit Volkov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2006-07-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139458116

The ferocity of the Nazi attack upon the Jews took many by surprise. Volkov argues that a new look at both the nature of antisemitism and at the complexity of modern Jewish life in Germany is required in order to provide an explanation. While antisemitism had a number of functions in pre-Nazi German society, it most particularly served as a cultural code, a sign of belonging to a particular political and cultural milieu. Surprisingly, it only had a limited effect on the lives of the Jews themselves. By the end of the nineteenth century, their integration was well advanced. Many of them enjoyed prosperity, prestige, and the pleasures of metropolitan life. This book stresses the dialectical nature of assimilation, the lead of the Jews in the processes of modernization, and, finally, their continuous efforts to 'invent' a modern Judaism that would fit their new social and cultural position.