The Union of Italian Jewish Communities urged the Italian Government today to intervene with Germany to obtain compensation for Italian victims of Nazism, many of whom were Jews. The Italian Government is expected to take the initiate in requesting German Government aid for its nationals, in a move paralleling that of a number of other West European governments. The Union, meanwhile, has initiated work on an overall history of the persecution of Italian Jews during the recent Fascist-Nazi era.
Four Italian Jewish families, who lost members who were deported or killed by the Nazis, have initiated legal action against the Italian neo-Fascist publication “Asso di Bastoni” under a provision of the Italian penal code which bans as a punishable offense the encouragement of crimes and racial discrimination. The four families charge that the publications continuous praise of Fascist methods of dealing with the Jews constitutes incitement to violence.
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