Resistance and Italian Jews in wartime Italy

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.