The Italian executioners : the genocide of the Jews of Italy /

The Italian executioners : the genocide of the Jews of Italy / Simon Levis Sullam ; translated by Oona Smith with Claudia Patane ; with a foreword by David I. Kertzer.

"In this gripping revisionist history of Italy's role in the Holocaust, Simon Levis Sullam presents an unforgettable account of how ordinary Italians actively participated in the deportation of Italy's Jews between 1943 and 1945, when Mussolini's collaborationist republic was und...

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Main Author: Levis Sullam, Simon (Author)
Other Authors: Smyth, Oona (Translator), Patane, Claudia (Translator), Kertzer, David I., 1948- (writer of foreword.)
Other title:Carnefici italiani. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Italy.
Jews > Persecutions > Italy > History > 20th century.
Antisemitism > Italy > History > 20th century.
Fascism > Italy.
Antisemitism.
Fascism.
Jews > Persecutions.
Italy.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: An evening in 1943
  • The ideological context of genocide
  • The dynamics of genocide: interpreting actions, motivations, and contexts
  • The beginning of the persecutions
  • The seizure of Jewish property
  • December 1943: arrests and deportations from Venice
  • Hunting down Jews in Florence
  • At the border: Jews on the run
  • A city without Jews: Brescia
  • Informing
  • Conclusion: Amnesties, repression, and oblivion.

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