bad German and the good Italian (eBook)

Removing the guilt of the Second World War

Filippo Focardi (Autor)

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2023
352 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5714-0 (ISBN)

Infos

In the Axis War on the side of Germany, Mussolini's Italy was responsible for serious war crimes, especially in Yugoslavia and Greece. This 'dark side' of the fascist war, however, is not present in the national memory built after 1945. To distinguish Italy from the former German ally and avoid a punitive peace, the monarchist and anti-fascist ruling classes elaborated a master narrative that highlighted the opposition of the Italian people to Mussolini's war and the humanitarian behavior of Italian soldiers, depicted as saviors of Jews. All responsibility for the crimes committed in the Axis war was placed on the shoulders of the Germans, who thus became a convenient alibi for the national conscience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2023
• Übersetzer: Paul Barnaby
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-5714-4 / 1526157144
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-5714-0 / 9781526157140