The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy

by Simon Levis Sullam

David I. Kertzer (Foreword), Oona Smyth (Translator), and Claudia Patane (Translator)

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A gripping revisionist history that shows how ordinary Italians played a central role in the genocide of Italian Jews during the Second World War

In this gripping revisionist history of Italy’s role in the Holocaust, Simon Levis Sullam presents an unforgettable account of how ordinary Italians actively participated in the deportation of Italy’s Jews between 1943 and 1945, when Mussolini’s collaborationist republic was under German occupation. While most historians have long described Italians as relatively protective of Jews during this time, The Italian Executioners tells a very different story, recounting in vivid detail the shocking events of a period in...

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  • ISBN10 0691179050
  • ISBN13 9780691179056
  • Publish Date 28 August 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press