Benevolence and betrayal

This history of Italy's Jews under the shadow of the Holocaust examines the lives of five Jewish families: the Ovazzas, who propered under Mussolini and whose patriarch became a prominent fascist; the Foas, whose children included both an antifascist activist and a Fascist Party member, the DiVerolis who struggled for survival in the ghetto; the Teglios, one of whom worked with the Catholic Church to save hundreds of Jews; and the Schonheits, who were sent to Buchenwald and Ravensbruck.

First sentence: Before his death in 1926, Ernesto Ovazza asked to have three words carved in marble on his tombstone: FATHERLAND, FAITH and FAMILY.

Year

1991

Language

English

Publisher

Picador

Editions

3

Pages

368

ISBN

9780312421533

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