Resistance and Italian Jews in wartime Italy
TitleResistance and Italian Jews in wartime Italy
Author
Call number940.5337/0069
Object number09013g
Place of publicationWashington, District of Columbia, United States
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp 138-160
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780813225890
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish resistance against the Nazis' edited by Patrick Henry, pp 138-160
Description
This article outlines the two phases of Italian Jewish resistance beginning with Mussolini's ascension to power in 1922 until his downfall in 1943 and armed resistance from 1943-45. Jewish resistance from 1922-43 took the form of political resistance to Fascism. Armed resistance similarly to political resistance did not include a collective Jewish body but was carried out by individuals and most were inspired to act as much by patriotism as self-defence as Jews.