Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The making of Italian Jewish patriots: emancipation, World War I, and Fascism; 2. A thriving Jewish life: Jewish culture in the Kingdom of Italy; 3. Five long years of Italian racism: anti-Jewish laws, 1938-43; 4. Hunting for Jews: the Italian and German manhunt in the Republic of Salò, 1943-5; 5. Imagining Italy: Italian Jewish refugees in the United States; 6. Fur coats in the desert: Italian Jewish refugees in Palestine; 7. Recovery and revival: postwar Italian Jewry and the JDC; 8. The myth of the good Italian: making peace with postwar Italy; Conclusion.

About the author

Shira Klein is an Associate Professor of History at Chapman University, California. She has won awards from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Barbieri Foundation, and the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation.

Product details

• Authors: Shira Klein, Shira (Chapman University Klein
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108439350
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43935-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: 13 b/w illus., Raster,schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Second World War, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities