The Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922-1945 PDF
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P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 JEWSINITALYUNDERFASCISTANDNAZIRULE JewsinItalyunderFascistandNaziRule,1922–1945,bringstolight theItalian-JewishexperiencefromthestartofMussolini’sprimemin- istership through the end of the Second World War. Challenging the mythofItalianbenevolenceduringtheFascistperiod,theauthorsin- vestigate the treatment of Jews by Italians during the Holocaust and the native versus foreign roots of Italian Fascist anti-Semitism. Each essayinthisvolumeillustratesadifferentaspectofItalianJewryunder FascistandNazirule.AreasofinquiryincludetheroleoftheCatholic Church with special reference to Pope Pius XII, Mussolini’s attitude, andanti-Jewishpersecution.Includedalsoisanexaminationofcover imagesandarticlesfromtheItalianracistnewspaper,LaDifesadella Razza,intendedtolaybaretheinfluenceoftheItalianmediaonthe generalItalianpublic. JoshuaD.ZimmermanisanassociateprofessorofhistoryandtheEli andDianaZborowskiProfessorialChairinInterdisciplinaryHolocaust Studies at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is the author of Poles, Jews and the Politics of Nationality: The Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in Late Tsarist Russia, 1892–1914 (2004), and editor of Contested Memories: Poles and Jews during the Holocaust and Its Aftermath(2003). i P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 ii P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922–1945 Edited by Joshua D. Zimmerman YeshivaUniversity iii P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo CambridgeUniversityPress 40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521841016 (cid:1)C JoshuaD.Zimmerman2005 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2005 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData JewsinItalyunderFascistandNazirule,1922–1945/editedbyJoshuaD.Zimmerman. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-521-84101-1(hardcover) 1.Jews–Italy–History–20thcentury. 2.Jews–Persecutions–Italy. 3.Holocaust,Jewish(1939–1945)–Italy. 4.Italy–History–1922–1945. 5.Italy–Ethnicrelations. I.Zimmerman,JoshuaD. II.Title. DS135.I8J48 2005 (cid:2) (cid:2) 305.892404509044–dc22 2004024830 ISBN-13 978-0-521-84101-6hardback ISBN-10 0-521-84101-1hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityfor thepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalor third-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhisbook anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch Websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. iv P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 ForRuthi v P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 vi P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 CONTENTS Acknowledgments pagexi Abbreviations xiii ListofContributors xiv Map1 TheJewsofItaly,1938 xx Map2 PrincipalCentersofAnti-JewishPersecution,1938–1943 xxi Introduction 1 JoshuaD.Zimmerman PART ONE: ITALIAN JEWRY FROM LIBERALISM TO FASCISM 1 TheDoubleBindofItalianJews:Acceptance andAssimilation 19 AlexanderStille 2 ItalianJewishIdentityfromtheRisorgimentotoFascism, 1848–1938 35 MarioToscano 3 MussoliniandtheJewsontheEveoftheMarchonRome 55 GiorgioFabre PART TWO: RISE OF RACIAL PERSECUTION 4 CharacteristicsandObjectivesoftheAnti-JewishRacialLawsin FascistItaly,1938–1943 71 MicheleSarfatti 5 TheExclusionofJewsfromItalianAcademies 81 AnnalisaCapristo 6 TheDamagetoItalianCulture:TheFateofJewishUniversity ProfessorsinFascistItalyandAfter,1938–1946 96 RobertoFinzi vii P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 viii Contents 7 BuildingaRacialState:ImagesoftheJewintheIllustratedFascist Magazine,LaDifesadellaRazza,1938–1943 114 SandroServi 8 TheImpactofAnti-JewishLegislationonEverydayLifeandthe ResponseofItalianJews,1938–1943 158 IaelNidam-Orvieto 9 TheChildrenofVillaEmmaatNonantola 182 KlausVoigt 10 Anti-JewishPersecutionandItalianSociety 199 FabioLevi PART THREE: CATASTROPHE – THE GERMAN OCCUPATION, 1943–1945 11 TheShoahinItaly:ItsHistoryandCharacteristics 209 LilianaPicciotto 12 TheMo¨llhausenTelegram,theKapplerDecodes,andthe DeportationoftheJewsofRome:TheNewCIA-OSSDocuments, 2000–2002 224 RobertKatz 13 ThePersecutionofJewsinTwoRegionsofGerman-Occupied NorthernItaly,1943–1945:OperationszoneAlpenvorlandand OperationszoneAdriatischesKu¨stenland 243 CinziaVillani Map3 ItalyandthetwoGerman-controlledOperationszonen 260 Map4 ThetwoOperationszonenindetailwithprovincialcapitals 261 PART FOUR: THE VATICAN AND THE HOLOCAUST IN ITALY 14 ThePapalResponsetoNaziandFascistAnti-Semitism: FromPiusXItoPiusXII 265 FrankJ.Coppa 15 PiusXIIandtheRescueofJewsinItaly:EvidenceofaPapal Directive 287 SusanZuccotti P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 Contents ix PART FIVE: AFTERMATH: CONTEMPORARY ITALY AND HOLOCAUST MEMORY 16 TheRescuedandtheRescuersinPrivateandPublicMemories 311 AnnaBravo 17 ReturnoftheRepressed:ItalianFilmandHolocaustMemory 321 MillicentMarcus 18 TheSecretHistoriesofRobertoBenigni’sLifeIsBeautiful 330 RuthBen-Ghiat Index 351 P1:IwX/KNP 0521841011agg.xml CB837-Zimmerman 0521841011 June29,2006 20:11 x
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