Abstract
This chapter examines Italy’s Jewish policy in France. Foreign Jews, arguably the most famous aspect of the Italian occupation of the French Riviera, found a sanctuary in the former free zone. Thanks to the organizational skill and powerful networking of an Italian Jewish banker, Angelo Mordechai Donati, and the effective complicity of Italian military and civilian authorities alike, thousands of Jews found a needed respite from both Gestapo and Vichy chasers that were hunting them. However, this idyllic scenario was abruptly ended by the disintegration of the Italian Army in September 1943, a consequence of the botched negotiations between the Allies and the Italian military government following the ouster of Benito Mussolini on July 25, 1943. This chapter first considers how the Vichy regime’s hatred for the Jews influenced the Italian Jewish policy in France and how the Jewish question shaped the overall Italian occupation policy in southeastern France.
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