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Unit Seven: Italians and the Holocaust
Lesson One
Guilty of Righteousness | | Is it justified to violate a recently recently enacted inhumane |
Lesson Two
Righteous Italian Heroes | Civics
| Legislation was passed in Italy via the Falco Laws, reversing freedom of religion. Benito Mussolini's 1938 Manifesto of Italian Racism expelled Jews from all public services, the army and public schools. The lesson explores how courageous Italians defied the Fascist mandates at certain risk to their own lives and those of their loved ones, thus saving 40,000 Italian Jews. |
Lesson Three
Primo Levy | Civics
| The unspeakable horror of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz is given a voice in the poem SCHEMA, by this Italina Jewish concentration camp survivor. Students will explore the dehumanization of the individual and Primo Levi's admonition of abuse and warning for the future. |
Lesson Four
Italy and the Holocaust Overview | Civics
| The Final Solution is one of the grimmest periods in human history. Racism leads to untold suffering and injustice. However, an example for optimism to rebel against such injustice can be found in the Italian national character's value for humanism. Although an ally of Nazi Germany, Italians from all social strata resisted the capture and deportation of their countrymen, resulting in the survival of 80-85%, or 40,000 of the Jewish population of Italy. |
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