All or Nothing (2nd Ed.) The Axis and the Holocaust 1941-43
German and Italian fascist armies in the Second World War treated the Jews quite differently. Jews who fell into the hands of the German army ended up in concentration camps; none of those taken by the Italians suffered the same fate. Yet the protectors of the Jews were no philo-Semites, nor were they (often) great respecters of human life. Some of those same officers had sanctioned savage atrocities against Ethiopians and Arabs in the years before the war. Jonathan Steinberg uses this remarkable and poignant story to unravel the motives and forces underpinning both Fascism and Nazism. As a renowned historian of both Germany and Italy, he is uniquely placed to answer the underlying question; why?
Date de parution : 09-2016
13.8x21.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
Glaise Von Horstenau; italian; Italian Zone; zone; Comando Supremo; armed; 2nd Army; forces; Supreme Commander South East; 2nd; Italian 10th Army; army; Young Man; jews; Final Solution; comando; Della; supremo; Italian Army; alberto; Italian Jews; Axis Partner; Von Rintelen; Jewish Question; Pietro; Nulla Osta; General Roatta; Das Judentum; Palazzo Chigi; Reich Foreign Minister; Von Mackensen; Hitler; Adolf Hitler; German Foreign Office; Der Judenfrage