title: The Italian Occupation of the Balkans and the Jewish Question during WWII
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metadata.value: Clementi, Marco
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:41:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:41:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-03
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metadata.value: Clementi M. The Italian Occupation of the Balkans and the Jewish Question during WWII. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 1, pp. 174–186.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.112
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9286
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metadata.value: With the entry into the war in 1940, first against France, then against Greece and Yugoslavia,
  Italy tried to realise its old expansionist plans in the Balkans to control the Adriatic Sea and
  the South part of Mediterranean, replacing the British power. In the annexed and military occupied
  territories Italy established a harsh regime, which has only come to public conscience
  in recent years, after decades of silence. At the same time, Italian generals had to face a brand
  new problem, concerning thousands of Jews, local and foreign, who escaped to Italian zones in
  France, Yugoslavia and Greece from the zones under German, Croatian and Bulgarian control.
  In 1942 Mussolini was aware of the destiny which awaited the Jews after the deportation; in spite
  of this, he agreed to surrender them to the partners of the Axis. In Mussolini’s opinion, any country
  that dreamed of being a great power in the future was suppose to have have its own racial
  policy. From this perspective, he was convinced that Italy should be “clean” of Jews in order to be
  ready for the new era after the war. The Army “on the ground” refused to follow the orders and
  found a way to avoid mass deportation to the death camps (Venrichtungslager), and only with its
  defeat in September 1943, Germany and Mussolini could act freely, completing the destruction
  of the Jews in North Italy and in the former zones of military occupation. In this context, the
  deportation of the Jews happened not only because of German occupation, as many scholars still
  maintain, but because of the previous policy established by Mussolini during WWII.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Second World War
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: occupation
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Jews
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Italy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Greece
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Yugoslavia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Balkans
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Italian Occupation of the Balkans and the Jewish Question during WWII
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metadata.value: Article
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