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Italian ed. (2004)

{it} Guri Schwarz. After Mussolini: Jewish life and Jewish memories in post-Fascist Italy, tr. Giovanni Noor Mazhar. Edgware, Middlesex ; Portland, Or. : Vallentine Mitchell, 2012 <2004>. <English ed.>

Abstract

"Illustrates how the narrative of Italian freedom from anti-Semitism was deliberately promoted by the Italian foreign ministry to obtain an non-punitive peace treaty, despite a deeply rooted anti-Semitic culture and legislation. Also shows how Jewish memory influenced national self-representation and the reconstruction of the Italian Jewish community."--Publisher description.

Contents

1. The reorganization of Jewish life -- Echoes of the catastrophe -- A 'new' leadership -- A Zionist awakening -- Youth movements -- Italian citizenship and Jewish identities -- 2. Paths of memory -- Memory lapses -- Public uses of the recent past -- Memory politics during the Cold War -- The union of Italian-Jewish communities and the historiography on Fascist anti-Semitism -- For a critique of Italian-Jewish self-representation -- Conclusion.>