Benevolence and betrayal: Five Italian Jewish families under fascism

Depicts the lives of five Italian Jewish families whose experiences embody the paradoxical climate of benevolence and betrayal, and resurrects a forgotten and deeply tragic era in the history of two peoples. Among the profiles are stories of how the Jews of Rome met an almost impossible German challenge and raised 50 kilos of gold as a ransom and how Jews were sheltered by Catholic priests and nuns