Bad German and the Good Italian
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A01=Filippo Focardi
Author_Filippo Focardi
Axis war
Bad German
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German war crimes
Good Italian
Italian Peace Treaty
Italian war crimes
memory
Missing Italian Nuremberg
Second World War
war propaganda
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- ISBN 9781526157133
- Weight: 549g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 29 Aug 2023
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In the Axis War on the side of Germany, Mussolini's Italy was responsible for serious war crimes, especially in Yugoslavia and Greece. This 'dark side' of the fascist war, however, is not present in the national memory built after 1945. To distinguish Italy from the former German ally and avoid a punitive peace, the monarchist and anti-fascist ruling classes elaborated a master narrative that highlighted the opposition of the Italian people to Mussolini's war and the humanitarian behavior of Italian soldiers, depicted as saviors of Jews. All responsibility for the crimes committed in the Axis war was placed on the shoulders of the Germans, who thus became a convenient alibi for the national conscience.
Filippo Focardi is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Padua
