All or nothing : the Axis and the Holocaust, 1941-1943 / Jonathan Steinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinberg, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Balkan Peninsula.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.

World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

Italy--Foreign relations--Germany.

Italy.

Germany--Foreign relations--Italy.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 re

Contents:

pt. 1. The events

pt. 2. Explanations.

Notes:

First published 1990 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7472-7051-1

1-138-15133-5

1-134-43656-4

1-280-05389-5

0-203-35669-1

9780203356692

OCLC:

437084128