Italians and the Holocaust: persecution, rescue and survival
TitleThe Italians and the Holocaust: persecution, rescue and survival
Author
Call number940.53180945/0001
Object number00734
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBasic Books
Year of publication
1987
Physical description334p., photographs,notes,index
MaterialBook
ISBN1870015037
Description
Account of how and why eighty-five percent of Italy's Jews survived World War II. States that Italy lacked a tradition of antisemitism, and during the war a number of catholic clergy, doctors and government officials aided Jews, by giving them shelter, keeping them safe in hospitals and destroying records