The experience of Italian Jews under fascism was a strange mixture of acceptance and betrayal, of sympathy and brutal persecution. Jews and fascists co-existed as they did nowhere else - there were even Jewish members of the Italian Fascist Party, enthusiastic and welcomed supporters of Benito Mussolini - though leagued with Hitler - staunchly refused to co-operate in the deportation of Jews. The author recreates this contradictory time with the personal stories of five Jewish families.
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The experience of Italian Jews under fascism was a strange mixture of acceptance and betrayal, of sympathy and brutal persecution. Jews and fascists co-existed as they did nowhere else - there were even Jewish members of the Italian Fascist Party, enthusiastic and welcomed supporters of Benito Mussolini - though leagued with Hitler - staunchly refused to co-operate in the deportation of Jews. The author recreates this contradictory time with the personal stories of five Jewish families.
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Near Fine in Near fine jacket. First edition, 1992, hardcover with green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 365pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends, binding tight, sticker ghost to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing and edgewear.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 365 pages. Source Notes, Selected Bibliography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First British edition. An historical examination of the Italian Jewish experience from the rise of fascism in 1922 until the end of World War II using the microcosm of five families to highlight the complexities and variations of experiences. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Old retail sticker from the Strand Bookstore (NYC) inside front cover. Thus near fine in fine dust-jacket.
SHILLE CAPTURES JEWISH LIFE BEFORE AND DURING MUSS
The book captures the status of Jews In Italy from Risorgimento to the end of World war 11.His depiction of the life and fate of 5 families from different socio-economic groups from 1870 to 1945 gives the reader a perspective on why Italian Jews thought they were immune to discrimination and persecution.
It also reveals the inadequate response of the Vatican to the plight of Italian Jews as well as the heroic efforts to save them by individual bishops, priest and nuns.
