Italians and the Holocaust Persecution, Rescue, and Survival

Name: Italians and the Holocaust Persecution, Rescue, and Survival
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ISBN: 9780803299115

ISBN-10: 0803299117

ISBN-13: 9780803299115

Edition: 1996

Authors: Susan Zuccotti, Furio. Colombo

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Eighty-five percent of Italy’s Jews survived World War II. Nevertheless, more than six thousand Italian Jews were destroyed in the Holocaust and the lives of countless others were marked by terror. Susan Zuccotti relates hundreds of stories showing the resourcefulness of the Jews, the bravery of those who helped them, and the inhumanity and indifference of others. For Zuccotti, the Holocaust in Italy began when the first “black-shirted thug” poured a bottle of castor oil down the throat of his victim, or when the dignity of a single human being was violated. She writes: “We might examine again how most Italians behaved from the onset of fascism. . . . Did they do as much as they could?…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 1/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 5.03" wide x 8.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction


Aknowledgments


Prologue



The Holocaust Comes to Italy



Italy's Jews



The Racial Laws



The War Years: June 1940-September 1943



Italians and Jews Occupied Territories



Rome, 1943: October Roundup



Autum 1943: The Nightmare Begins



Policy and Prisons



The Italian Phase



Survival in Italy



Switzerland



The Best of Their Generation: Italian Jews and Anti-fascism



Conclusion


Notes


Index