Shira Klein

Italy's Jews from Emancipation to Fascism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mining new sources, Klein tells the dramatic story of Italy's Jews, from emancipation to Fascism, the Holocaust, and postwar myth-making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9781108424103
• ISBN-10: 1108424104
• Artikelnr.: 49320194

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.