Jewish Displaced Persons in Italy 1943-1951

Politics, Rehabilitation, Identity
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-22355-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy

This book focuses on the experiences of thousands of Jewish displaced persons (DPs) who lived in refugee camps in Italy between the liberation of the southern regions in 1943 and the early 1950s, waiting for their resettlement outside of Europe. It explores the Jewish DPs’ daily life in the refugee camps and what this experience of displacement meant to them. This book sheds light on the dilemmas the Jewish DPs faced when reconstructing their lives in the refugee camps after the Holocaust and how this challenging process was deeply influenced by their interaction with the humanitarian and political actors involved in their rescue, rehabilitation, and resettlement. Relating to the peculiar context of post-fascist Italy and the broader picture of the postwar refugee crisis, this book reveals overlooked aspects that contributed to the making of an incredibly diverse and lively community in transit, able to elaborate new paradigms of home, belonging and family.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Renzo, Chiara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

List of figures and tables

Notes on transliteration and Hebrew terms

Introduction

Map

Chapter 1: The liberation of southern Italy and the first core of Jewish refugees

Chapter 2: Living in the refugee camps, longing for "a new, quiet, and safe home"

Chapter 3: Plural identities, one shared goal: rebuilding home and family in the refugee camps

Chapter 4: Confronting the past while building the future: long waits, responsibilities, unexpected outcomes

Conclusion

Tables

Glossary

Archives

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chiara Renzo is a Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University in Venice and teaches Migration and Media at the University of Florence. Her research deals with different aspects of Jewish migrations from the Holocaust to the decolonization.