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The Holocaust and Compensated Compliance in Italy

Fossoli di Carpi, 1942-1952

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  1. Alexis Herr
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Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Alexis Herr
      Pages 1-9

  4. After the War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. The Politics of Blame

      • Alexis Herr
      Pages 93-112

    3. From Concentration Camp to Christian Utopia: a battaglia per la moralità

      • Alexis Herr
      Pages 113-136

  5. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Alexis Herr
      Pages 137-144

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 145-227
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About this book

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.

About the author

Alexis Herr is a Lecturer in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies department at Keene State College, USA. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Holocaust History from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Holocaust and Compensated Compliance in Italy

  • Book Subtitle: Fossoli di Carpi, 1942-1952

  • Authors: Alexis Herr

  • Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-59898-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59896-7Published: 10 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-88807-8Due: 30 March 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59898-1Published: 14 February 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2635-2931

  • Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 227

  • Topics: History of World War II and the Holocaust, History of Italy, Judaism, Modern History

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