I wouldn't be too kind about il Duce if I were in your shoes. He may not have sent people off to the camps, but he did pass draconian anti-semitic laws, which he felt were justified as punishment for their "crimes." The rector of the Catholic University of Milan supported Mussolini's policies as part of the "terrible sentence the Deicide people has brought upon itself."
On 19 February 2013 19:14, Dr Michael Benjamin <m...@myray.com> wrote: > Hope this sheds some light on the matter: > svdwallingrod is correct. The Italians have a history of tolerance towards > the jews. > > Mussolini received repeated requests from their German allies to round up > the Jews in Italy and send them to the workcamps in Germany and Poland. > Mussolini did bend a little in rounding some of them up as labors to be > used inside Italy, but he resisted sending them to Germany. There was some > tension between Berlin and Rome over Mussolini's refusal to cooperate. > > I do not know if he knew about the exterminations. I'm pretty sure he had > no clue at least until his first government fell. The Italian people > definitely did not know about it. > > After Italy's surrender to the Allies, Mussolini was rescued from his > mountaintop prison by the Nazi's and basically held under house arrest in > Salo, where he 'ran' his second government. This is when the Italian Jews > began to be sent off to the camps, by the Germans who were occupying Italy > Dr Michael Benjamin, > Community Psychiatrist > ------------------------------- > myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT > http://www.myRay.com > http://www.myRay.org > ------------------------------ > Mental Health: > http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com > -------------------------------- > Auditing || Quality Control > http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ > -------------------------------- > Blog: > http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
