The Jews in Mussolini’s Italy: From Equality to Persecution by Michele Sarfatti, Translated by John and Anne C. Tedeschi

The treatment of Jews in Fascist Italy comes into sharp focus by Italian historian Michele Sarfatti. This edition uses thorough and careful statistical evidence to document how the Italian social climate changed from relatively just to irredeemably prejudicial. Beginning with a history of Italian Jews in the decades before fascism— when Jews were fully integrated into Italian national life— Sarfatti provides a deft and comprehensive history from the rise of fascism in 1922 to its defeat in 1945.

(2006, Paperback, 438 pages)