Italy and the Jews

Italian soldiers, officers and diplomats in Croatia, Greece and southern France restored a glimmer of honor to the shabby history of Fascist Italy. They proved that many Italians had not succumbed to twenty years of Fascist rhetoric. In the darkest hours of the Holocaust, they proved that some Christians in public positions cared about the fate of the Jews and were willing to act. They were brave, decent, and far too few. ¹