Italy and Anti-Semitism Flashcards
How many jews in Italy?
57,000
How many jews in Germany?
500,000
how many jews were Fascists?
10,000 (1/3)
which two jews had positions in government?
Finzi and Jung
which opposition was jewish
Rosselli brothers
Which political group was connected to judaism and why
Socialism because Karl Marx was jewish
when was the Manifesto of Racial Scientists?
1938
When were the Race laws
1938
how many jews were in concentration camps in 1943?
9000
what did Bernardi say about Mussolini and anti-semitism?
“it was purely voluntary”
what did Mussolini say about race?
“race makes me laugh but there are some things I must obey”
what did Bosworth say?
the legal Italy was not the real Italy
what % did Jews make up of the Italian population?
15%
what % of Jews survived compared to Germany?
74% vs 19%
what did Italian troops do in Nice, 1940?
Try to hinder Jews going to extermination camps
how many jews converted to christianity
4000
how many jews emigrated
5000
what did L’Osservatore Romano in 1924 said?
“Jew is Christianity’s most tenacious enemy”
which mistress emigrated to Argentina in 1939 and who helped her?
Margherita Sarfatti and Mussolini
What did Pope Pius XI say in 1938?
“catholic means universal: it is not racist, nationalist or separatist”
which fascists approved of anti-semitism?
Faranacci and Bottai and Orano and Presiozi
