Renzo De Felice Professor of History, University of

The Jews in Fascist

A History

Preface by Michael A. Ledeen

New York Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms v Preface by Michael A. Ledeen vii Introduction to the New Edition xv Bibliographical Note xxix Author's Introduction 1987 xxxiii

Part One

I. The Italian Jews on the Eve of the Fascist Takeover 1. The Italian Jews 1 2. Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Zionism in Italy 21 3. The Fascist Attitude: Its Initial Contacts with the Jews 56

II. The Years of Adjustment: 1922-1932 4. A Difficult Beginning 69 5. Toward an Agreement 83 6. The New Establishment of the Jewish Communities 92 7. Palestine and Italian Public Opinion 99

III. In Hitler's Shadow: The Internal Contradictions of -1933-1934 8. Hitler Takes Power: The Initial Consequences 107 9. The Italian Government and the German Anti-Semitic Measures 118 10. Anti-Semitism Threatens Italy 128 11. The Italian Jews React 138 De Felice

IV. Fascist Foreign Policy and Zionism 12. Mussolini and Zionism 149 13. The First Phase: Prelude to War in Ethiopia 152 14. The Second Phase: The War in Ethiopia and Zionism .... 163 15. The Third Phase: Breaking Relations 169

V. The Crisis Deepens: 1935-1937 16. The War in Ethiopia 175 17. The Tripoli Incidents 183 18. The Growing Press Campaign Against the Jews 191 19. Repercussions on Italian Jewry 207

Part Two

VI. The Preparation of the Anti-Semitic Measures January to November 1938 20. Mussolini's Position .. / 219 21. Preparing Public Opinion 243 22. Fascist Party and Government Initiatives up to September 1938 260 23. The Project to Settle the Jews in Italian East Africa 270 24. Fascist Party and Government Initiatives up to November 1938 276 25. Italian Public Opinion 296 26. Italian Jewry and the First Anti-Semitic Measures 315 27. International Response 326 The Jews in Fascist Italy

VII. Fascist Persecution 28. Anti-Semitic Legislation and Fascist Policy 331 29. The Implementation of the Anti-Semitic Laws 345 30. Fascist Propaganda and Public Opinion ... 367 31. The Foreign Ministry and the Armed Forces Overseas 387 32. The Jews, the Union of the Communities, and the DELASEM 403 33. The Jews and Anti-Fascism 418

VIII. The Last Act of the Tragedy: Nazi Extermination 34. The Badoglio Government 427 35. The -RSI 432 36. Hunting Down the Jews 448

Notes 473 Documents 611 Index 759

The photographs in the first section are from the original 1961 edition. Those in the second section are from various private sources.

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