Projektnummer

0056484

Zusammenfassung

Recently, the Commission of Historians to investigate the history of the German Foreign Office published a report contending that the Foreign Office and its staff played a central role in the Nazi regime's anti-Jewish measures and were significantly involved in the Holocaust. This thesis ignited a highly controversial dispute which continues to this day, with some scholars arguing that the Commission's interpretation is not only surprising but absurd. But what role did Germany's closest ally, Italy, play? What were the policies of the Italian Foreign Office when it came to the ?Jewish ...