Italian Ministry of Defense Selected records of the Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito

Identifier
irn509311
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.81
  • RG-40.003
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Italian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509311

Extent and Medium

400 pages (photocopies),

19 microfiche,

Archival History

Italy. Esercito. Corpo di stato maggiore

Acquisition

Records excerpted from various collections in the Italian Ministry of Defense Archives. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in June 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains a census, questionnaires, documents, circulars, and correspondence relating to Jews, racial policy, military institutions, Yugoslavia, France, and Greece. Includes reports on the activities of the Ustashi against Jews in Yugoslavia; reports of Jews moving into newly occupied territories; translation of an article from "Der Spiegel" on the conduct of the Italian military in protecting Jews in occupied territories; the role of the Catholic Church in persecuting Jews in Rome; lists of military officers who aided Jews in Greece, France and Croatia; bibliography from the book on Italian-Jewish soldiers.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Italy. Esercito. Corpo di stato maggiore

Corporate Bodies

  • Ustasha, Croatian revolutionary organization

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Yugoslavia.
  • Serbs--Crimes against.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Greece.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--France.
  • Antisemitism--Europe--History.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Italy.

Genre

  • Circulars.
  • Census.
  • Questionnaires.
  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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