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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164920403321

Autore

Herr Alexis

Titolo

The Holocaust and Compensated Compliance in Italy : Fossoli di Carpi, 1942-1952 / / by Alexis Herr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-59898-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Italian and Italian American Studies, , 2635-2931

Disciplina

940.53/180945

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

Italy—History

Judaism

History, Modern

History of World War II and the Holocaust

History of Italy

Modern History

Italy Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

In the marketplace: Fascist socialization and consent in Carpi -- Germany and its occupied ally: the German occupation, the Repubblica di Salò, and the deportations of Jews -- Fossoli and the Final Solution -- Deconstructing the so-called "silent assent": the chain of command, compensated compliance, and resistance -- The politics of blame -- From concentration camp to Christian utopia: a battaglia per la moralità.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the role and function of an Italian deportation camp during and immediately after World War Two within the context of Italian, European, and Holocaust history. Drawing upon archival documents, trial proceedings, memoirs, and testimonies, Herr investigates the uses of Fossoli as an Italian prisoner-of-war camp for Allied soldiers captured in North Africa (1942-43), a Nazi deportation camp for Jews and political prisoners (1943-44), a postwar Italian prison for Fascists, German soldiers, and displaced persons (1945-47),



and a Catholic orphanage (1947-52). This case study shines a spotlight on victims, perpetrators, Resistance fighters, and local collaborators to depict how the Holocaust unfolded in a small town and how postwar conditions supported a story of national innocence. This book trains a powerful lens on the multi-layered history of Italy during the Holocaust and illuminates key elements of local involvement largely ignored by Italian wartime and postwar narratives, particularly compensated compliance (compliance for financial gain), the normalization of mass murder, and the industrialization of the Judeocide in Italy.