Jewish Displaced Persons in Italy 19431951 - Politics, Rehabilitation, Identity

This book focuses on the experiences of thousands of Jewish displaced persons who lived in refugee camps in Italy between the liberation of the southern region in 1943 and the early 1950s, waiting for their resettlement outside of Europe

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of acronyms
List of figures and tables
Notes on transliteration and Hebrew terms
Introduction
Map
Chapter 1: The liberation of southern Italy and the first core of Jewish refugees
Chapter 2: Living in the refugee camps, longing for "a new, quiet, and safe home"
Chapter 3: Plural identities, one shared goal: rebuilding home and family in the refugee camps
Chapter 4: Confronting the past while building the future: long waits, responsibilities, unexpected outcomes
Conclusion
Tables
Glossary
Archives
Index

About the author

Chiara Renzo is a Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University in Venice and teaches Migration and Media at the University of Florence. Her research deals with different aspects of Jewish migrations from the Holocaust to the decolonization.

Product details

• Authors: Chiara Renzo, Chiara (University of Florence Renzo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032223568
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222356-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Europe, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Religion: general, Second World War, The Holocaust, Judaism, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust