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Did Benito Mussolini hate Jews?

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It did not sanction physical abuse of Jewish citizens, did not execute anyone in the internment camps established for Jews in southern Italy, and did not begin to send Jews to Nazi concentration camps until the German occupation in 1943, he said. read more

In the beginning a lot of Italian Jews were fascists , because Fascismo was not about race discrimination, but about national pride ( Italian Jews were considered full part of Italy and a lot were ardent fascists ). Mussolini had a relationship with an Italian Jew Woman , Margherita Sarfatti ( she wrote the first biography of Mussolini ). read more

Actually, during Mussolini's reign, the Jews were not deported to the Reich for relocation, and also not in the areas that were under Italian control (Dalmatia, parts of Greece, etc). The Germans even complained that the Italian territory seemed like a safe haven that was drawing Jews from all over Europe. read more

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