The Neppi Modona diaries : reading Jewish survival through my Italian family
A biography based on extensive quotes from the diaries of Aldo Neppi Modona (1895-1985), a Jewish professor from Florence, and his son Leo (1932-1986), and accounts of interviews with Aldo's wife, Rachel, and his daughter, Lionella. Aldo fought in World War I and was a member of the Fascist Party, which was not initially antisemitic. The family moved to Rome in 1934. Describes the onset of racial antisemitism in Italy in summer 1938, followed by anti-Jewish legislation which directly affected the family, since Aldo lost his teaching position. The family then returned to Florence, where Aldo taught in a Jewish school which was newly-organized for Jewish children who were not permitted to attend Italian schools. After the German occupation in 1943, the family fled to the countryside, posing as non-Jews; they returned to Florence after the liberation. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)
Biographies
x, 274 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
9780874517835, 0874517834
233992028